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Originally Posted by dissentowner
They literally copied that work from illustrations that have been around for years and made a few minor changes. There is absolutely zero chance they have to win as there are plenty of differences between their statue and the one in Sabrina. This is just another sad publicity stunt.
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I think courts will find that the changes that TCT made over historical depictions were substantive (mostly concerning the children, which are not present in any historical depictions). It's the use of these children that make the TCT depiction of Baphomet unique; according to the lawsuit, they did auditions and modelled these after real people. A court would likely consider that authorship that would be protected by copyright. When it comes to these elements, the Sabrina statue is blatant, copying the pose, gender, race, haircuts, clothing, expressions... really, every element of them.
The two statues below, for anyone who hasn't seen them. The creative director insists (apparently with a straight face) that the similarity of the children is just coincidence and that they weren't copied.