Describe the characteristics of the Initial conflict in this artwork's Use by Joy Garnett and subsequent controversy.
Joy Garnett's 2004 exhibition Riot featured a series of paintings based on images pulled from mass media sources and depicting figures in "extreme emotional states." One of the paintings, Molotov, was originally sourced from a JPEG of Molotov Man found on the Internet. After the Riot exhibition had closed, Meiselas's lawyer contacted Garnett with a cease and desist letter claiming copyright infringement and "piracy" of Meiselas's photograph. The letter stipulated for her to remove the image from her website, sign a retroactive licensing agreement to transfer all rights to the painting to Meiselas, and credit Meiselas on all subsequent reproductions of Molotov.Garnett responded to a threat of injunction by removing the image of Molotov from her website. Once the image had been removed from Garnett's website, Meiselas did not pursue the matter further.
copyright infringement right Joy Garnett JPEG cease and desist letter