"Anish Kapoor, the man who created Chicago's popular landmark nicknamed "The Bean" has sued the National Rifle Association for showing the shiny sculpture in one of its recruitment ads — an unauthorized use of a copyright image, he says .
The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, demands that the NRA stop running the video that shows the sculpture — officially named "Cloud Gate" — and seeks $150,000 in statutory damages per copyright infringement, along with attorney fees, reported Curbed Chicago.
Installed in Chicago's Millennium Park in 2006, the 110-ton sculpture shaped like a jellybean with a mirror-like finish quickly became an icon, a tourist magnet and popular backdrop for photos and selfies. The Chicago Sun-Times has called it "this city’s equivalent of the Eiffel Tower."
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