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Simran Pasricha

How A Sydney Student’s $1 T-Shirt Led To A US$100,000 Grumpy Cat Copyright Nightmare

So, you think selling a T-shirt with a cartoon cat on it is just a bit of harmless fun? Tell that to Alda Curtis, a 63-year-old counselling student from Sydney, who’s just been slapped with a US$100,000 bill by the folks behind Grumpy Cat – yes, the internet’s favourite frowny feline. All for selling a single T-shirt on Redbubble that, apparently, looked a little too grumpy for their liking.

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