From the BBC, Banksy has gone and altered a whole bunch of CDs of Paris Hilton's new album. What I like about this story is not that it is a particularly witty or clever stunt, because picking on Paris Hilton never is, but the record store's reactions. Bearing in mind that 500 CDs have been mis-sold to customers this is what HMV had to say:
"I guess you can give an individual such as Banksy a little bit of leeway for his own particular brand of artistic engagement."
and Virgin Megastores:
"I have to take my hat off - it's a very good stunt,"
I'm not sure whether the reaction is so because they like Banksy so much or perhaps more likely, they dislike Paris Hilton so much.
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