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12 Jan 2011, 10:16 am
Street artist Shepard Fairey and The Associated Press are settling a copyright dispute over who owned the rights to the iconic Obama “Hope” poster, the two said in a joint statement Wednesday. [read post]
29 Feb 2012, 9:02 pm
Locked in litigation with the Associated Press over whether his famous poster improperly infringed on the copyright of the news photograph on which it was based, Shepard Fairey did not conduct himself well. [read post]
12 Mar 2009, 8:06 am
Yesterday, the Associated Press filed and answer to Shepard Fairey’s preemptive lawsuit and, along with it, filed a counter-suit for copyright infringement. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 12:01 pm
By Justin Silverman Shepard Fairey of Andre the Giant “Obey” sticker fame is filing suit against the Associated Press, looking to clear his name after the news syndicate accused him of unfairly using copyrighted work as the basis for his popular Obama campaign poster, (see images on left). [read post]
13 Jan 2011, 7:22 am
Image via WikipediaBoth the ABA Journal and a press release by the Associated Press report that AP and street artist Shepard Fairey have agreed in principle to end their copyright infringement case arising from Fairey's use of a 2006 AP photo of President Barack Obama in his "Hope" poster.Financial terms were not disclosed in the settlement involving AP, Fairey and his companies, Obey Giant Art, Inc., Obey Giant LLC and Studio Number… [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 5:41 pm
Ben Sheffner explains here (in the comments). [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 11:47 am
In this Wall Street Journal article, the reporter quotes one law professor who says that Shepard Fairey has nothing to fear in his lawsuit against AP in connection with Fairey’s Obama Hope poster, while a lawyer thinks AP will prevail. [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 7:00 am
According to the Boston Globe 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 Contemporary Art.Fairey, a 38-year-old known for his countercultural style, was arrested on two outstanding warrants and was being held at a police station, according to a police official with knowledge of the… [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 7:15 pm
The big news in the Shepard Fairey lawsuit is that Mannie Garcia has dropped out of the case because it had "taken a toll on him personally and professionally. [read post]
1 May 2009, 6:39 pm
At the press preview for the Met's new "Pictures Generation" show, Lee Rosenbaum talks to curator/critic Douglas Crimp -- and sneaks a little art law into the conversation:"Q: How does this show relate to the Shepard Fairey controversy? [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 9:28 am
Sonia Katyal and Eduardo Peñalver -- authors of Property Outlaws -- make the case for Shepard Fairey as a heroic intellectual property "altlaw" -- i.e., someone who pushes the boundaries of what the law allows.Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento responds here.One question I have is: what if he loses? [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 10:46 pm
" Fairey still has hope for our President. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 4:24 pm
Artist Dina Douglass discusses, quite eloquently, why she sued Shepard Fairey for copyright infringement, and what she thinks of artists who steal from other artists. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 9:18 pm
Over Obama Image Yesterday, Fresh Air broadcast an interview with Fairey, Shepard Fairey: Inspiration Or Infringement? [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 2:20 pm
Instead of “Hope,” Shepard Fairey might consider the word “Truth” as inspiration. [read post]
11 Mar 2009, 12:17 pm
The Associated Press brought a copyright lawsuit Wednesday, alleging that Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey used "computerized paint by the numbers" and "copy-and-paste style" to create the highly recognized "Hope" image of Barack Obama. [read post]
19 Oct 2009, 1:36 pm
Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Obama Copyright Dispute Takes Strange Turn First off today, the Shepard Fairey case has taken a surprising turn. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 5:49 pm
A commenter to yesterday’s post on Shepard Fairey’s Obama poster has suggested that I don’t believe in copyright because I believe that, even though Fairey created his image by initially tracing a copyrighted photo, the changes he made to the image and its re-contextualization within the campaign poster might well be sufficiently transformative to make his work non-infringing fair use. [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 4:31 pm
Today we have one story that's been getting quite a bit of publicity from the mainstream media; that being the the Associated Press' attempt to sue Shepard Fairey for using one of their photos as the inspiration for his famous portrait of Barack Obama. [read post]
10 Feb 2009, 3:14 pm
There is an interesting development in the dispute between artist Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press. [read post]
