South Bronx graffiti crew, Tats Cru, is suing former Fly Girl Jennifer Lopez for what they claim is a copyright violation, after Jenny from the block featured their spraypainted designs in a Fiat 500 commercial sans permission. Said fed-up crew member Wilfredo Feliciano: "That's enough. This has happened to us in the past, and it's not cool. We had to do something about it. Everyone started congratulating us on the commercial and we're like, what commercial?" I don't blame Tats Cru for trying to get theirs, because, unless your name is Banksy, bombing buildings with cool images probably isn't too lucrative a pastime. Lopez, I'm sure, wasn't thinking about immorally swiping some background graffiti for use in a car commercial. But a more troubling issue with the commercial, as it turns out, involves something other than the illegal use of an &[...]...
- 11/29/2011
- Nerve
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