The Law of Banksy: Who Owns Street Art?

This Article greatly benefited from comments and criticisms by Ben Depoorter, Lee Anne Fennell, Mark Fenster, Sonia Katyal, Jim Krier, Tom Merrill, Adam Mossoff, Dan Richman, Ed Rock, Carol Rose, Chris Serkin, Peter Siegelman, Henry Smith, Phil Weiser, and participants in the 2007 Property Works in Progress Conference at the University of Colorado Law School.

Many people helped me think through the problems addressed in this article. I am especially grateful to Larry Alexander, Randy Barnett, David Bernstein, Julie Cohen, Lee Anne Fennell, Martin Lederman, Gary Peller, Adam Samaha, Geoffrey Stone, Mark Tushnet, and Rebecca Tushnet, and to participants at workshops at The University of Chicago Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, and Loyola University Law School. I received excellent research assistance from James Banda and Richard Harris.