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title: "Great.  Way to incentivize building owners to never grant permission…"
date: 2020-12-10
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# Great.  Way to incentivize building owners to never grant permission…

*December 10, 2020 · Facebook*

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[https://news.artnet.com/art-world/5pointz-additional-2m-attorney-fees-1927310#.X80RpR5-zbI.facebook](https://news.artnet.com/art-world/5pointz-additional-2m-attorney-fees-1927310#.X80RpR5-zbI.facebook){target="_blank"}
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Great. Way to incentivize building owners to never grant permission to graffiti artists.\
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\"The hits just keep coming for G&M Realty, the Queens real estate company that lost a landmark case against a group of graffiti and aerosol artists for whitewashing their work on a sprawling set of buildings it owned in Long Island City, Queens. The developer must now pay more than \$2 million in attorney fees on top of the \$6.75 million initially awarded to the artists who sued the company for violating the Visual Artist Rights Act (VARA) in 2018.\
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The decision issued this month, first reported by Law360, brings the total fees paid out by G&M Realty to a whopping \$8.75 million in a case widely seen as critical for the rights of graffiti artists and others whose work lacks an established market value.\"\
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