Mo money, mo problems.
“Shepard Fairey, the street artist who created the highly recognized “Hope” image of Barack Obama, filed a preemptive lawsuit claiming he did not violate The Associated Press’s intellectual property rights.
“Fairey acknowledges his drawing was based on an AP photo of Obama before he was elected president. The AP last week claimed the drawing violated its copyright and demanded an undisclosed amount of compensation.
“The Los Angeles street artist is claiming a fair use right. His New York federal court lawsuit said he transformed the picture into a “stunning, abstracted and idealized visual image that creates powerful new meaning and conveys a radically different message.”
[Wired]
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