{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Guerrilla Art"],"cover":{"alt":"Urban Art vs. Ad World","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-vs-ad-world/urban-art-advert.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2011-03-31T11:24:01Z","description":"It’s the one big topic which combines politics, urban art and advertising ideas like none other: Are companies allowed to steal street art or entire urban art concepts to use them for their own interests?!","html":"\u003cp\u003eUrban artists versus the ad world is some kind of a neverending story.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne one hand site there are artists \u003ca href=\"/ox-urban-billboard-art/\"\u003etaking over billboards\u003c/a\u003e, some who \u003ca href=\"/berlin-advertising-takeover/\"\u003ereplace ads with their own posters\u003c/a\u003e, others \u003ca href=\"/ludo-paris-co-branding/\"\u003ecopying special advert-campaign styles\u003c/a\u003e to combine them with their own style and still others who just \u003ca href=\"/apple-ipad-ad-busting/\"\u003emodify existing poster ads\u003c/a\u003e\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the other site, there are \u003ca href=\"/daim-loomit-opel-corsa/\"\u003eartists creating whole advertising campaigns\u003c/a\u003e for multinational companies and also viral media in urban contexts is no curiosity any more. But what’s worst than this is when ad agencies start to copy entire, well-known concepts for their own interests!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet me know how you feel after you’ve created something for the pleasure and enjoyment of others only to watch someone get paid to appropriate your creation for the benefit of a corporation. (The Enablist)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe World’s Best Ever\u003c/strong\u003e just wrote about that problem \u003ca href=\"http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2011/03/30/when-the-ad-world-steals/\"\u003ewhen the ad world steals\u003c/a\u003e, named two interesting examples (e.g. BBDO Berlin GmbH vs. \u003cstrong\u003eBlu\u003c/strong\u003e) and started in that way a kind of discussion.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn my opinion, it’s a great topic to discus, because a quick solution is not on the horizon! I for one would prefer when art in public space would by law be generally licensed under \u003ca href=\"http://creativecommons.org/about\"\u003ea Creative Commons license\u003c/a\u003e, for what reason all the agencies at least would have to attribute the work\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"external-video\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVideo / YouTube\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe YouTube player loads only when you choose to load it; YouTube then receives your connection information.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4\" rel=\"noreferrer\"\u003eWatch on YouTube\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" data-video-src=\"https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uuGaqLT-gO4\" data-video-title=\"YouTube video referenced by Urban Art vs. Ad World\" hidden\u003eLoad YouTube player\u003c/button\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"video-player\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/section\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have any thoughts or opinions, use the commenting area here or swing over to \u003cstrong\u003eThe World’s Best Ever\u003c/strong\u003e to make a statement!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to Hugh for the link!\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nUrban artists versus the ad world is some kind of a neverending story.\n\nOne one hand site there are artists [taking over billboards](/ox-urban-billboard-art/), some who [replace ads with their own posters](/berlin-advertising-takeover/), others [copying special advert-campaign styles](/ludo-paris-co-branding/) to combine them with their own style and still others who just [modify existing poster ads](/apple-ipad-ad-busting/)...\n\nOn the other site, there are [artists creating whole advertising campaigns](/daim-loomit-opel-corsa/) for multinational companies and also viral media in urban contexts is no curiosity any more. But what’s worst than this is when ad agencies start to copy entire, well-known concepts for their own interests!\n\n\u003e Let me know how you feel after you’ve created something for the pleasure and enjoyment of others only to watch someone get paid to appropriate your creation for the benefit of a corporation. (The Enablist)\n\n**The World’s Best Ever** just wrote about that problem [when the ad world steals](http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2011/03/30/when-the-ad-world-steals/), named two interesting examples (e.g. BBDO Berlin GmbH vs. **Blu**) and started in that way a kind of discussion.\n\nIn my opinion, it’s a great topic to discus, because a quick solution is not on the horizon! I for one would prefer when art in public space would by law be generally licensed under [a Creative Commons license](http://creativecommons.org/about), for what reason all the agencies at least would have to attribute the work...\n\n[Video on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4)\n\nIf you have any thoughts or opinions, use the commenting area here or swing over to **The World’s Best Ever** to make a statement!\n\nThanks to Hugh for the link!\n","tags":["Public Art","Advertising","Adbusting","Paper Art"],"title":"Urban Art vs. Ad World","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-art-vs-ad-world/"}