A bakery in Conway NH is suing the town after being told their mural violates advertising signage laws. It seems the sign just has pastries and doesn’t otherwise advertise the business, so they’re calling it art and arguing it should stay. The town disagrees so they’re going to court over it.
The bakery is suing the town for $1, and permission to keep the kids mural up.
This is a small business fighting to keep kids art on display. Suing for $1 is a way to signal that are willing to do this at a financial loss, and that the display isn’t a means of enriching themselves but rather their community.
I work in conjunction with small claim courts and it often surprises people how informal it can get. In the situation you describe the judge might just straight up tell Starbucks “You are a billion dollar company, the rules apply differently to you than to a small local business”
I agree, my comment was mostly so people could see that nuance, and I hope what you said is exactly what happens. The age old pornography law, I can’t define it but I know it when I see it. Codifying it as art that does not explicitly advertise would be the way to go I think.