tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post8104039945434641416..comments2024-03-26T10:41:35.852+00:00Comments on The 1709 Blog: Copyright in currency: taking note of the Bank of EnglandMarie-Andree Weisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17125973798789498436noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4513524515428334509.post-85131890132395365532011-03-15T09:56:09.304+00:002011-03-15T09:56:09.304+00:00Geoffrey Robertson gives a witty account of just h...Geoffrey Robertson gives a witty account of just how humourless the Bank can be on this subject in his book "The Justice Game". He defended the performance artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._S._G._Boggs" rel="nofollow">JSG Boggs</a> who spends hand drawn pictures of bank notes. Boggs was tried in 1986 for counterfeiting, even though his notes were obviously not real (being to some extent caricatures); were blank on one side (so one hardly thinks they could be used instead of the real thing) and were almost always worth much more than the face value.<br /><br />It really is worth reading Geoffrey's account of the trial.Francis Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10228026893626221724noreply@blogger.com