Jeff Koons and Pompidou Lose Copyright Infringement Appeal

March 1st, 2021 by Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento

For those that are still in awe of copyright infringement cases, here’s an update on the Koons/Pompidou/Pig controversy. In brief, Koons and the Pompidou lost the appeal and won themselves an increase in monetary awards due to the photographer of the girl/pig image. As of this moment, Koons still displays the image of the pig and girl on his website.

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