When artist go to court it serves them up heavy helpings of media coverage. So even if they lose, they kind of win. The above link is about some that lost. Intellectual property laws have always fascinated me, especially if it includes art.
Shepard Fairey created this poster for Obama, which was selling on ebay almost immediately after he gave them to the public to post. Which is why he quit giving them away.
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/37291/copyrights-and-copy-wrongs-learning-from-the-legal-precedents-set-by-jeff-koons-shepard-fairey-and-others/
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