Olympic stadium T-shirt violates copyright law, Montreal designer told
Montreal’s Olympic Stadium may be among Canada’s most iconic buildings, but that doesn’t mean it can be put on a T-shirt, a Montreal designer has been told.
Pier-Luk Bouthillier says he received a notice on Sept. 13 informing him that a tourist T-shirt he makes featuring drawings of various Montreal landmarks is in violation of Canada’s copyright laws and may infringe on the rights of the man who designed the stadium more than 40 years ago.
The notice, sent out by SODRAC, the society that represents authors, composers, music publishers and artists in Canada, demanded he stop producing the T-shirts, which include images of the stadium and Alexander Calder’s iconic “Man, Three Disks” sculpture.
He says it also asked him for compensation for having reproduced the two works without authorization.