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Monday, October 19, 2009

Hope Remains Shepard Fairey

*INTERESTING STORY ABOUT SHEPARD FAIRY by: WIRED.com*


Despite Fraud, ‘Hope’ Remains for Obama Artist Shepard Fairey

Street artist Shepard Fairey committed an egregious legal and ethical blunder by lying to a federal judge in his copyright battle with the Associated Press. But legal experts say his fundamental “fair use” case remains sound.

The nearly year-old legal dispute centers on Fairey’s iconic Obama Hope poster, which he based on of the photos of President Barack Obama taken in April 2006 by AP photographer Mannie Garcia at the National Press Club.

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