Sunday, October 18, 2009

AP photo copyright case seems to have collapsed

Artist Shepard Fairey's claim that he had the right to use a news photo to create his famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster became a widely watched court case about fair use that now appears to have nearly collapsed. By Friday night, his attorneys - led by Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University - said they intend to withdraw from the case and said the artist had misled them by fabricating information and destroying other material. AP.

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