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Street artists are taking on major brands for using their work in advertising campaigns, because nobody asked their permission - and nobody got paid.

With an estimated market value of £90 million and a huge following on social media, footballer Dele Alli is an attractive commercial proposition. In May, menswear collection with high street fashion chain boohooMAN announced a collaboration with the England and Tottenham star. This attracted positive attention in the press and his Instagram announcement on 7 May attracted over 100,000 likes.
But nestled within the comments is some serious criticism from the street art community. For one user it was a case of "ripping off street artists to make you look edgy, pathetic", and another complained boohooMAN was "a company which is using artists' work without permission, acknowledging them or even paying them"... Keep reading on BBC Arts