Strippers are artists, court rules
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OSLO, Norway, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Striptease is an art form comparable to ballet and theater, a Norwegian court has ruled, exempting strippers from the country's 25 percent value-added tax.
No longer confined to sleazy clubs, strippers now enjoy an elevated artistic stature akin to that of actors, the appeals court ruled.
The ruling is a victory for strippers of the Diamond Go-Go Bar in Oslo who argued they deserved the same tax-free status as stage performers including standup comics and sword-swallowers, the BBC reported.
The strippers noted tickets for the Chippendales, a male strip act, were exempt from the tax because the act was deemed an artistic performance.
"Striptease, in the way it is practiced in this case, is a form of dance combined with acting," the court ruled, and ordered Norway to pay the club's legal costs, estimated at $27,000.
The government has not decided if it will appeal the decision.
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2006-12-08 12:17:24 · 6 answers · asked by WORD UP G 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No but maybe this girl is an artist of some sort!!!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2006560655,00.html
2006-12-08 12:25:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It can be an art some are crap some are truly artist but most start ut in the same joints so you never know.
2006-12-08 20:25:31 · answer #2 · answered by Dean C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are whores real artists?
2006-12-08 20:25:56 · answer #3 · answered by the nothing 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's not exactly dancing or acting...
And how is this a question?
2006-12-08 20:24:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
lol
uhhhhh........no.
they're HOT, but they aren't artists.....lol. What have you been drinking?
2006-12-08 20:26:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think they are...................
2006-12-08 20:23:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋