British sculptor Anish Kapoor has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the US National Rifle Association (NRA) at the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division on June 19 after it featured one of his sculptures in a video which, he claimed, calls for “armed violence”.
Between 1999 and 2005, Kapoor constructed a sculpture called “Cloud Gate” out of stainless steel plates. The suit alleged that in June 2017, the NRA published a “controversial video advertisement” which included an image of “Cloud Gate”. A black and white image of “Cloud Gate” is shown in its entirety at or around the 17 second mark of the video, but the NRA did not ask for permission to use “Cloud Gate”. Kapoor demanded that the NRA remove his work from the video, but his request was refused.
Kapoor has asked for $150,000 per infringement, and he also requested injunctive relief to prevent the NRA from continuing to “exploit” the famous sculpture.
Source: worldipreview