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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1977881

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Banksy isn’t happy with Guess’ latest collaboration.

The legendary anonymous graffiti artist had a directive for his followers on Friday, encouraging them—possibly tongue in cheek, possibly not—to visit the Regent Street Guess store in London and steal the brand’s new collection that features his artwork.

“Attention all shoplifters. Please go to Guess on Regents Street. They’ve helped themselves to my artwork without asking, how can it be wrong for you to do the same to their clothes?”

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[-] athos77@kbin.social 141 points 1 year ago
[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 1 year ago

Thanks. I was wondering if this was old news or had happened again.

There must be top-post bots working through old Reddit posts.

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[-] jlow@beehaw.org 75 points 1 year ago

Nice, stealing from multinational conglomerates is never morally wrong and should always be encouraged.

[-] CaptFeather@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But think of the shareholders!

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[-] super_mario_69@hexbear.net 55 points 1 year ago

Remember! If you see someone shoplifting, you didn't.

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[-] h3doublehockeysticks@hexbear.net 39 points 1 year ago

Now that's just silly. You should be stealing from any store that has a "collection" regardless of whether they used his art.

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[-] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 34 points 1 year ago

Don't need encouragement, but the thoughts appreciated.

[-] Werbert@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago
[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

I definitely wouldn't get a Flipper Zero for the purposes of theft. Allegedly it is a legal device that can be re-programmed to disable security tags and open charging ports on Tesla vehicles, which is wrong.

Definitely do not purchase a Flipper Zero and utilize it for theft or disruption. Its purposes are to open garage doors.

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[-] RobotToaster@infosec.pub 18 points 1 year ago

Will he pay their legal fees if someone gets arrested?

[-] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

No, but Elon Musk will promise to pay your legal fees then double back on it.

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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I'm from the UK and I have no idea who Guess even are, so they can't be that big of a deal. I won't support them anyway... if I ever see them haha.

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[-] Cylusthevirus@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

Doesn't Banksy's entire schtick hang on "helping himself" to a "canvas?"

[-] acastcandream@beehaw.org 66 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There’s a legitimate discussion to be had about whether not he should be doing that, but to compare it to a multinational corporation profiting off of clothes depicting his work without his permission is pretty disingenuous.

This is not me saying people should go shoplift nor is it me saying that Banksy isn’t a whiner.

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[-] plinky@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Also visit other stores as well 🫡

[-] temptest@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Banksy believing in intellectual property 🏴‍☠️

[-] spiderplant@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Is it not copyright infringement?

Also I don't believe in either but will happily use both to fuck over rich corpo pigs from commercialising my work without permission or compensation.

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Copyright infringement is the jaywalking of ideas

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Based. Shoplift everywhere else too, especially the supermarkets.

https://youtu.be/wqUJ0go5Pww

https://youtu.be/oNBOCejGiTU cat-vibing

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