Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
America's least favorite rich kid turned street artist just got served a Cease & Desist from America's favorite board game company. See full letter below:
Dear Mr. Andon,
We are reaching out in regards to a violation of our intellectual property.
Our legal team has made us aware of your work, and, to put it mildly, Hasbro Inc. is not impressed with your take on Rich Uncle Pennybags. Reducing our mascot to a plasticized brand, replicated ad-naseum as a promotional gimmick, is not in keeping with our company culture.
We haven’t forgot that, Monopoly, in essence, is about stealing. But stealing is only fair when everybody has an equal opportunity. A wall is free for anyone to paint, provided they choose to take the risk. But when multiple walls are clogged in a campaign to enrich oneself by already having money, purposefully imitating the aesthetic of being an industry plant, we feel the game is rigged, and thus, must take legal and ethical action.
Again, it’s not that we are against such self-enrichment in principle, but you’re not trying to say anything beyond “give me your money and I’ll spray paint some Louis Vuitton luggage for you.”
Therefore, while we await a judgment from the courts, we went ahead and removed the first piece from the wall at 7547 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. We instructed the workers to leave all the other tags, because we figured they deserved the canvas to continue their practice and get better. Isn’t that what art is all about? Trying.
Unless you’re willing to try harder, we demand ALEC MONOPOLY leave us out of it. We have always been in this for the kids. Not for the toys.
Cheers,
Hasbro, Inc.
America's least favorite rich kid turned street artist just got served a Cease & Desist from America's favorite board game company. See full letter below:
Dear Mr. Andon,
We are reaching out in regards to a violation of our intellectual property.
Our legal team has made us aware of your work, and, to put it mildly, Hasbro Inc. is not impressed with your take on Rich Uncle Pennybags. Reducing our mascot to a plasticized brand, replicated ad-naseum as a promotional gimmick, is not in keeping with our company culture.
We haven’t forgot that, Monopoly, in essence, is about stealing. But stealing is only fair when everybody has an equal opportunity. A wall is free for anyone to paint, provided they choose to take the risk. But when multiple walls are clogged in a campaign to enrich oneself by already having money, purposefully imitating the aesthetic of being an industry plant, we feel the game is rigged, and thus, must take legal and ethical action.
Again, it’s not that we are against such self-enrichment in principle, but you’re not trying to say anything beyond “give me your money and I’ll spray paint some Louis Vuitton luggage for you.”
Therefore, while we await a judgment from the courts, we went ahead and removed the first piece from the wall at 7547 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, CA. We instructed the workers to leave all the other tags, because we figured they deserved the canvas to continue their practice and get better. Isn’t that what art is all about? Trying.
Unless you’re willing to try harder, we demand ALEC MONOPOLY leave us out of it. We have always been in this for the kids. Not for the toys.
Cheers,
Hasbro, Inc.
