Richard Prince

Richard Prince ordered to destroy lucrative artwork in copyright breach. What do I think...

American artist Richard Prince was ordered in court to destroy his paintings. The paintings were photographs by French photographer Patrick Cariou on which he scribbled, distorted and draw on top of. I personally believe that if Richard Prince was not selling his paintings for as much as 10 American million dollars then nothing would have been brought up about the law and the photographs copy right. But in saying that I also agree that yes the crime matches the case. Richard Prince earned lot of money and fame in using another artists photography and editing it as he wishes as his own. Because he was getting a profit from the fun images he creates with the photos it does make it illegal its not like he is simply blasting them on the internet for people to enjoy he had them hanging in a gallery in America with a big fat for sale sign attached to them. I agree totally with the law that they are just protecting the artists rights if he wanted to edit photos and sell them why didn't he use home photographs or learn to use a camera and edit his own photos. So no the law is not stifling creativity they are simply protecting others creativity.