Ai Weiwei wins payout over car ads backdrop

18-07-2019

Rory O'Neill

Ai Weiwei wins payout over car ads backdrop

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A Danish court has awarded Chinese artist Ai Weiwei more than a quarter of a million dollars in damages after Denmark’s licensed Volkswagen importer used his work in an advertising campaign without his permission.


Ai Weiwei, copyright infringement, street art, Volkswagen, Skandinavisk Motor Company, SMC, Charles Russell Speechlys

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