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Since I was talking about licensing images yesterday, I figured it would dovetail nicely with these three images…
![Russell Young copying Damien Hirst with a bootleg image of Marilyn Monroe, I think... Russell Young copying Damien Hirst with a bootleg image of Marilyn Monroe, I think...](https://i0.wp.com/zeke.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pix-003-420x560.jpg?resize=420%2C560)
![An unknown artist's painting of Tintin An unknown artist's painting of Tintin](https://i0.wp.com/zeke.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pix-001-560x420.jpg?resize=474%2C356)
![Crappy close-up of an unknown artist's painting of Tintin Crappy close-up of an unknown artist's painting of Tintin](https://i0.wp.com/zeke.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Pix-002-560x420.jpg?resize=474%2C356)
Last week I was walking along Greene Avenue when I saw these magnificent paintings in the window of the Galerie de Bellefeuille. While I don’t think there is a patent on spraying diamond dust on silkscreen prints, I would bet dollars to doughnuts that Russell Young is not paying any royalties to the Michael Ochs Archives or Getty Images for his use of their photograph. (Which if I did the drop down boxes properly would cost somewhere around $600)
And while I’m not entirely certain (after all I did take a crappy and blurry picture) but it certainly does look like a painting of Tintin, and again I would bet dollars to doughnuts (Tim Horton’s even!) that someone forgot to cut a check to Paramount Pictures for their royalties…