Is street art copyright? The vexed question Australia hasn’t answered
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Is street art copyright? Does an Australian urban artist have the right to prevent, say, an Instagram influencer posing in front of their work and using it to promote themselves? Do they have the right to sue someone who painted over their work, or took a photo and sold it on a T-shirt?
Could it even be used to stop gentrification of the inner city?
Hosier Lane, where pedestrians take selfies in front of the ever-changing street art canvas.
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Scott Gates as Director of the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) in 2009. Photo: Marit Moe-Pryce / PRIO
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