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		knorker on Jan 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: €2.6M spent for a book at auction, believed they w... But a raffle doesn't have the copyright infringement. You can't make a bunch of copies of a Disney movie but with the ending cut off, and have them be the "losing" consolation prizes.

nkrisc on Jan 17, 2022 [–]

Right, it’s a raffle with more steps and dubious legality. Seems unnecessary when a regular raffle would have sufficed, but I suppose that wouldn’t have got attention.

knorker on Jan 17, 2022 | [–]

It's clever, and is in itself art that makes you think. Ideally they'd first make a deal with the copyright holder to not sue. But I like it.

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