"Joywar"
The debate about what copyright infringement really entails will most likely get more and more heated as technology makes remixing any form of art easier and easier. When Joy decided to use a photo of a man throwing a molotov cocktail for a painting of hers, she probably didn't realize how big of a deal it was that she'd picked this particular photo. I think her technique of putting a bunch of google images into a folder for long enough to forget where she got them is asking for a lawsuit.
As an artist, I understand where Susan, the original artist, is coming from. Her photo of the molotov man has been used and remixed so many times before Joy decided to do it. The one big problem is how far out of context Joy's photo was taken. You really can't do too much about your art being remixed these days and usually you get some credit for the original piece. In this case, Joy should have realized that she had painted a picture of an already famous piece. She's lucky that Susan didn't go through with suing her because what she did was an artist "no-no." If she used the same google that got her that photo in the first place, Joy would've quickly realized that this art piece had already made an impact in society.
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