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Artist Sues The A.P. Over Obama Image
nytimes.com - 2/10/2009
Artist Sues The A.P. Over Obama Image
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In a pre-emptive strike, the street artist Shepard Fairey filed a lawsuit on Monday against The Associated Press. >
AP accuses 'Hope' artist of copyright infringement
content.usatoday.com - 2/5/2009
AP accuses 'Hope' artist of copyright infringement
— content.usatoday.com — As we've previously reported, the Hope posters that artist Shepard Fairey created during the presidential campaign use... an image of Barack Obama that's based on a photograph taken for the Associated Press by then-freelancer Mannie Garcia. Now, the AP ... (more) AP accuses 'Hope' artist of copyright infringement

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boston.com - 2/7/2009
Obama 'Hope' poster artist arrested in Boston
— boston.com — Shepard Fairey, the controversial street artist riding a roller coaster of publicity with his red, white, and... blue posters of President Barack Obama, was arrested last night on his way to DJ an event kicking off his exhibition at the Institute of ... (more) Obama 'Hope' poster artist arrested in Boston

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confederateyankee.mu.nu - 2/5/2009
Associated Press Goes After "Hope" Artist For More Than Change
— confederateyankee.mu.nu — I was emailed a link to this story from AP's Media Relations office tonight. It seems that... the wire service wants credit and compensation from an artist by the name of Shepard Fairey for his Barack Obama "Hope" image that... (more) Associated Press Goes After "Hope" Artist For ...

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ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society:  Obama Poster Artist Seeks Protection of Work

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Obama Poster Artist Seeks Protection of Work
ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society — ... The Associated Press claims that California artist Shepard Fairey improperly used a photo it says it owns to create the iconic Obama poster. The New York Times reported yesterday on a lawsuit lodged by Fairey against the AP arguing that his use of a photo by Mannie Garcia does not subvert copyright law. Fairey's attorneys told The Times that the artist used Garcia’s photo as a jumping off point to create a “stunning, abstracted and idealized visual image that created powerful new meaning and conveys a racially different ...

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