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Canada · Moral rights

Snow: ribbons on the geese of Flight Stop

Decision date · 8 December 1982

Context photograph: The Eaton Centre in Toronto, where Michael Snow’s installation hangs.
Context photograph: The Eaton Centre in Toronto, where Michael Snow’s installation hangs. Qviri · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized

The dispute

Toronto’s Eaton Centre put holiday ribbons on the geese in Michael Snow’s suspended installation.

The decision

The court granted an injunction requiring removal of the ribbons after accepting the artist’s objection on integrity grounds.

Source

Ontario High Court · 70 C.P.R. (2d) 105

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