Louis Vuitton Sues Darfur Fundraiser for Copyright Infringement
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The Paris based fashion house Louis Vuitton has filed charges against a 26 year old student artist, Nadia Plesner, for selling posters and t-shirts of a Darfur victim, holding a designer bag inspired by a Louis Vuitton design. All of the profits had been going to charity but Louis Vuitton is still demanding massive damages.
For her “Simple Living” campaign, Nadia decided to dress-up a Darfur victim with a Louis Vuitton-inspired bag, and a Paris Hilton-style accessory dog. Louis Vuitton, however, was not amused by Nadia’s creative expression, and filed a lawsuit where they are claiming over $20,000 a day, if she continues with the project.
It is now a legal battle between a business that wants to protect its copyrights and an artist who claims freedom of expression. Nadia gets free legal support from Holland and Denmark, and her T-shirts and posters are still for sale on her website.
Sun 27-Apr-08 | Posted in: Economy & Biz, Society, Oops
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Comment from P. Grimes
Time: April 27, 2008, 5:34 pm
“All of the profits had been going to charity but Louis Vuitton is still demanding massive damages.”
Do they really believe that those who buy a t-shirt from Nadia Plesner would buy one of their handbags instead if there was’t this campaign? I wonder how they gonna explain this to a judge. These are two very different sorts of people.
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