Fairey, Associated Press Face Off Over Obama Poster

Posted on 2/5/2009 by Julia Dudnik Stern | Printable Version | Comments (0)

The Associated Press is going after Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey for copyright infringement. The AP claims to own the photo Fairey used as basis for the famed Obama "HOPE" poster; Fairey claims fair use. Image ownership and the application of the fair-use exception are the two unclear aspects of this potential legal battle, which has yet to become a formal lawsuit.

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