The AP goes after Obama "Hope" artist
Article courtesy of USA Today:
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 wants credit and compensation.
The wire service says Fairey didn’t get permission to do what he did. Fairey’s attorney says “fair use” gave him the legal right to take the image and rework it into a piece of art.
“We have reached out to Mr. Fairey’s attorney and are in discussions. We hope for an amicable solution,” says the AP’s director of media relations, Paul Colford, in a statement.
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