Editing Charging Bull (section)

===Ownership===
The sculpture technically has a temporary permit allowing it to stand on city property since the city does not own the sculpture, but the temporary permission has lasted since 1989, when city officials said the new location would not be permanent.<ref name="nyt19891220"/> Art on loan is usually limited to a year's display, and although the city does not buy art, it does accept donations. By 1993, Di Modica wanted to sell the statue to recover the $320,000 cost of manufacturing it. However, there was only one major bid for the statue: a hotel in [[Las Vegas]] that offered $300,000.<ref name="nyt19931003">{{Cite news |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=October 3, 1993 |title=Neighborhood Report: Lower Manhattan, A Campaign To Save a Bull |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/03/nyregion/neighborhood-report-lower-manhattan-a-campaign-to-save-a-bull.html |access-date=June 14, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

A writer in the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' wrote in 1998 that the statue's placement was "beginning to look a mite permanent."<ref name="nydn19980531"/> According to an article in ''[[Art Monthly]]'', Di Modica, as well as officials and New Yorkers, "view it as a permanent feature of Lower Manhattan."<ref>{{cite news |last=Lydiate |first=Henry |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31229552_ITM |title=Public sculpture |date=November 1, 2006 |work=Art Monthly |via=Access My Library |access-date=June 13, 2009}}</ref> In 2004, Di Modica announced that ''Charging Bull'' was for sale, on condition the buyer did not move it from its location.<ref name="nyt20041221"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Milton |first=Pat |date=December 21, 2004 |title=Wall Street bull sculpture for sale |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/wall-street-bull-sculpture-for-sale/ |access-date=June 14, 2020 |website=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Joe Lewis, the British billionaire and ex-owner of Christies, purchased the sculpture.

Di Modica continued to own the [[copyright|artistic copyright]] to the statue,<ref name="nyt20041221"/> and filed several lawsuits against firms making replicas. For instance, Di Modica sued [[Wal-Mart]] and other companies in 2006 for selling replicas of the bull and using it in advertising campaigns.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20060921-1411-chargingbulllawsuit.html |title=Sculptor of Manhattan 'Charging Bull' statue sues Wal-Mart, others to protect its image |date=September 21, 2006 |agency=Associated Press |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901235518/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20060921-1411-chargingbulllawsuit.html |archive-date=September 1, 2009 |access-date=July 20, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Randy |date=September 23, 2006 |title=Arts, Briefly; Sculptor Files Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/23/arts/arts-briefly-sculptor-files-lawsuit-against-walmart.html |access-date=June 14, 2020 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Three years later, Di Modica sued [[Random House]] for using a photo of the bull on the cover of a book discussing the collapse of financial services firm [[Lehman Brothers]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-sep-22-fi-wrap22.1-story.html |title=Suit Alleges Illegal Use of 'Charging Bull' Image |date=September 22, 2006 |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=From Dow Jones/the Associated Press |access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>