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March 21, 2007

Counterfeit Art Market Booms Online
(Globe and Mail, March 09, 2007)

While the prices for contemporary art are rising astronomically, cunning counterfeiters are generating a second, deeply discounted art market. Websites such as chinaoilpaintingwholesale.com, which copy the work of famous and lesser-known artists in a wide variety of styles, are making astonishing profits. Many of these businesses are based in China, with one southern town making $120 million in counterfeit artwork last year. The copyright infringement directly impacts the Western artists whose works are reproduced, as the websites are in English, sell in US currency, and ship internationally. chinaoilpaintingwholesale.com is also more accommodating than most artists, offering to "paint any image, any size."

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