May
Louis Vuitton Sues Artist
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Louis Vuitton Sues Artist over a T-shirt designed to raise funds for Darfur Charity
In tragic case of bad taste Louis Vuitton has started a legal suite against an artist for printing an image of an African child holding a designer bag. Nadia Plesner, the artist involved, began a campaign to raise awareness of the recent problems in Darfur and to try to raise money for the victims. She has pledged the profits from the sales of items designed to bring public attention to the crisis in Darfur to the "Divest for Darfur" organization to help the victims.
Nadia explains on her website
http://www.nadiaplesner.com/
LOUIS VUITTON WANTS ME TO STOP MY DARFUR CAMPAIGN
In October last year I started my Simple Living campaign to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to raise money for the helping organization "Divest for Darfur".
On February 13, 2008, I received a letter from Louis Vuitton's main office in Paris, asking me firmly to end the campaign immediately, as they believe one of their products is being portrayed in the art piece. They refer to my website as "Exhibit 1".
However, I stand up for my artistic freedom to express my view of the world as I see it without restrictions from anybody.
On February 20, 2008, I informed Louis Vuitton's Intellectual Property Director that I intend to continue my campaign to support the victims of Darfur.
The letters sent to Nadia as well as her reply can be found on the site. Further information and an interesting article written by Ernesto can be found at
http://torrentfreak.com/louis-vuitton-sues-darfur-fundraiser-for-copyright-infringement-080425/
