The MTA is going after an Etsy artist over a New York subway map it didn’t make
> <i>“I'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'm not worried. And after all, the "geometric" style subway map has prior art as the London Tube map starting in 1931 [1].<p>But I can'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're trying to accomplish with it? Is there some kind of legal liability they think they're protecting themselves against? They're a <i>governmental agency</i> for crying out loud.<p>It truly boggles the mind.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_map" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_map</a>