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Author of Wall Street Charging Bull is raging over Fearless Girl, but does he have a valid moral right claim?

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Fearless Girl Readers will be aware that last month a sculpture by  Kristen Visbal , entitled  Fearless Girl ,   was unveiled in   Manhattan 's  Financial District  as an advertisement for an  index fund  which comprises gender diverse companies that have a higher percentage of women among their senior leadership  [read the Wikipedia entry  here ] .  Fearless Girl  was placed opposite the well-known (originally guerrilla art)  Charging Bull  by Italian-born sculptor  Arturo Di Modica . It is arguable that it is indeed because of this particular positioning that Visbal's artwork appears so powerful. Initially  Fearless Girl  was expected to stay in place just for a few weeks, but in late March it was announced that the sculpture would not be removed until February 2018. Despite some criticisms, one of the reasons of the success of  Fearless Girl  appears to be its perception as a symbo...