Can You Copyright Grafitti?

[x635 4,066]

I saw this the other day in San Antonio. Can you really put a © on something and say no photos?

(BTW, the paint over of the actual "work of art" was really there, it's not photoshopped in)

[Task Force 7 65]

Better yet can the artist who painted this grafitti use the U.T. Longhorns logo and slogan?

[JBE 328]

Can you say tongue planted firmly in cheek?? If it's a commissioned piece, like a mural or something, then maybe it actually could be copyrighted. Otherwise, lock the guy up.

[IzzyEng4 427]

Just because it has a © doesn't mean that it is, it has to be registered by the author / creator for replications. If he's not registered, then its falsifying a copyright and punishable by fines and arrest... technically.

Also for a correct copyright to be displayed it has to be like this:

© 2011 - IzzyEng4 for EMTBravo