Can a Copyright Thief Sue to Protect His Stolen Images?

Alex Beam of the Boston Globe has an article on Roy Lichtenstein, the man who made a fortune on the backs of real artist like Wally Wood and Joe Kubert. lichtenstein creator or copycat


I have had very little respect for the fine arts copyist and even less for his foundation that is trying to protect his stolen images. They make you click on a copyright disclaimer (almost like a porn site) before you can view the stolen comic book art. Here is the Joe Kubert dog they use as an image on their disclaimer.



The article deals with art teacher David Barsalou and his web site Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein LICHTENSTEINPROJECT that catalogs the source materials from which Lichtenstein stole his images.

The Lichtenstein Foundation is still claiming that good ol Roy made major changes in his images. The only changes I see are due to poor draftsmanship on the part of Lichtenstein.



Look at the hand on the right. It sucks. It looks like a bad copy by someone that does not know the first thing about anatomy.

P.S. all the images in this article were under some kind of copy protection. I stole them under fair use.

Thanks to Jon Reeves for the link  ¶ 8:20 AM