“Are you a company looking to licence Banksy art for commercial use? Then you’ve come to the right place – you can’t. Only Pest Control Office have permission to use or license my artwork. If someone else has granted you permission, you don’t have permission. I wrote ‘copyright is for losers’ in my (copyrighted) book and still encourage anybody to take and amend my art for their own personal amusement, but not for profit or making it look like I’ve endorsed something when I haven’t.”
“These incidents spotlight a dilemma about public art and public taste. The censorious tend to assume that the line should be theirs to decide, claiming reasons like protecting children, but maybe just projecting their beliefs. The open-minded wonder how something so mild can offend and why society keeps getting denied wider views.”
“A debate about street art has emerged in Bangkok, with some people calling for strict prosecution of vandals who defaced commissioned murals, while others argue that the acts were part of the normal “bombing” culture in graffiti art.”
“The Metropolitan Police is examining whether the recent work, which shows a judge in a wig and gown beating a protester holding a blood-splattered placard, is enough to put him in front of the court where his name would be revealed to the public.”
