Once again, I give you, the artist as corporation
February 6th, 2020 in Authentication / Contracts / Copyright / Outlaw / Property / Resale Royalties / Right of Publicity / Trademark
Outside the auction rooms, Banksy uses nondisclosure agreements and trademark law to maintain his anonymity and the singularity of his creative vision. The fact that his identity has yet to be definitively revealed is a testament to his team’s corporate discipline.
“[Banksy] gets everyone who works on projects like ‘Dismaland’ to sign N.D.A.s so that everything is kept confidential,” Enrico Bonadio, a senior lecturer in law at City University in London, said. “He employs a lot of lawyers.”
By no means am I saying there’s anything wrong with that.
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