if he wanted to sue...he would win!
oh wait Detroit has no money to pay ANY sort of settlement..
what to do what to do
He doesn’t have to sue Detroit. He sues the ad agency and graphic artist who stole the image. Image theft is rampant and should be stopped, just like the theft of any other property. Lawsuits are a good way to let it be known that no, you just can’t swipe a copyrighted image and make a profit from it anymore than you can publish someone else’s book under your own name and collect money for it.
This seems like a non-issue.
Evidently “his” photo was used in the mock-up ahead of time.
None of his work was used actual production.
See the article, about paragraph 5.
I have to spend 1000’s to protect my trademarks and am never compensated. This new America is filled with thieves and liars and a handshake means nothing anymore.
“Alcott later conceded the image on the cars was not his — they were only on the photo on the mock-up that was displayed before the cars went public.”
Never mind...
All the city has to do is to get a pet judge to rule that the city skyline is an intrinsic property of the city and that the city itself owns the copyright to that skyline.