Court rejects artist's copycat claim over goldfish-filled phone box

A Japanese court has rejected a plagiarism claim by an artist who argued a merchants' association in western Japan had copied one of his artworks featuring a telephone box filled with water and dozens of goldfish.Nobuki Yamamoto, 63, a contemporary artist, filed a damages suit with the Nara District Court last September, seeking 3.3 million yen ($30,500) from the association for displaying a similar phone box installation on a shopping street in Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, a city known for its goldfish farms."(The two telephone boxes) have receivers floating in the water as a common ch…READ FULL ARTICLE