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Showing posts with label copyright. Show all posts
Showing posts with label copyright. Show all posts
25 April 2009
05 February 2009
AP Alleges Copyright Infringement over Obama Image
Yet another example of why you shouldn't take other people's work, change it a bit, and claim it as your own!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_en_ot/obama_poster
It's too bad the "artist" didn't get proper licensing. His poster touched a chord in many people's hearts.
I blogged about this issue in January.
Mark Vallen wrote an informative and extensively researched article about Shepard Fairey and "his works" on Mark Vallen's Art for a Change website. It includes several examples of original artwork and how it was "appropriated" by Shepard Fairey.
FEB 10 UPDATE: And now he's arrested for grafitti vandalism.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_en_ot/obama_poster
It's too bad the "artist" didn't get proper licensing. His poster touched a chord in many people's hearts.
I blogged about this issue in January.
Mark Vallen wrote an informative and extensively researched article about Shepard Fairey and "his works" on Mark Vallen's Art for a Change website. It includes several examples of original artwork and how it was "appropriated" by Shepard Fairey.
FEB 10 UPDATE: And now he's arrested for grafitti vandalism.
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