Comment by jansan
17 hours ago
Who decides that this is from Banksy? I could make a stencil graffiti in my village and claim it's from Banksy and noone could prove me wrong. Or is he using a digital signature as proof of authorship?
17 hours ago
Who decides that this is from Banksy? I could make a stencil graffiti in my village and claim it's from Banksy and noone could prove me wrong. Or is he using a digital signature as proof of authorship?
He posts on his Instagram to verify authenticity: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXwf7pis6KT
If you want to know authenticity, you submit to https://pestcontroloffice.com/auth1.asp -- they verify / deny, and that is the final word.
Is that site for real? It almost seems like some kind of Monty Pythonesque humour site.
Yes it's real: https://banksy.co.uk/in.html (licensing)
His agent would tell the media that your vandalism is not genuine