The MTA is going after an Etsy artist over a New York subway map it didn’t make
&gt; <i>“I&#x27;m an attorney by trade,” he said. “So this is something I know something about.”</i><p>The artist would clearly win his case in court, and sounds like he has the resources to do it, so I&#x27;m not worried. And after all, the &quot;geometric&quot; style subway map has prior art as the London Tube map starting in 1931 [1].<p>But I can&#x27;t imagine <i>what</i> is going on at the MTA that they felt compelled to try to take this down in the first place. What on earth do they think they&#x27;re trying to accomplish with it? Is there some kind of legal liability they think they&#x27;re protecting themselves against? They&#x27;re a <i>governmental agency</i> for crying out loud.<p>It truly boggles the mind.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tube_map" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tube_map</a>