Obama Artist Admits He Lied

[Alpha Mare]

In a strange twist to an already complicated legal situation, artist Shepard Fairey admitted today to legal wrongdoing in his ongoing battle with the Associated Press.

Fairey said in a statement issued late Friday that he knowingly submitted false images and deleted others in the legal proceedings, in an attempt to conceal the fact that the AP had correctly identified the photo that Fairey had used as a reference for his "Hope" poster of then-Sen. Barack Obama.

In February, the AP claimed that Fairey violated copyright laws when he used one of their images as the basis for the poster.  In response, the artist filed a lawsuit against the AP, claiming that he was protected under fair use. Fairey also claimed that he used a different photo as the inspiration for his poster.

After Fairey's admission, a spokesman for the Associated Press issued a statement saying that Fairey "sued the AP under false pretenses by lying about which AP photograph he used."

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/10/shepard-fairey-admits-to-wrongdoing-in-associated-press-lawsuit.html


Is there anyone even remotely associated with Obama who can tell the truth?

[RightCoast]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/10/shepard-fairey-admits-to-wrongdoing-in-associated-press-lawsuit.html


Is there anyone even remotely associated with Obama who can tell the truth?

No

[jinxmchue]

Yeah, he's a liar, but I don't think the AP had a winnable case.  I mean, plagiarized artwork is hanging in the White House as we speak!

[Mustang]

This lawsuit is illegal. There is no copyright to make art work using a photograph as a reference.
Artists do this all the time, I should know, I'm a painter with a BFA in Fine Arts.
Now mind you I use my own photography for use with my paintings.
But sometimes I may take a photo, edit it with photoshop and make a painting of it. There is absolutely nothing illegal about that.
Now if he has used the photo by itself and just added words to it like "Obama",that may be illegal, but its subjective.
Artists use photos from the media all the time for collages.
This lawsuit should be thrown at the window.

[AllosaursRus]

This lawsuit is illegal. There is no copyright to make art work using a photograph as a reference.
Artists do this all the time, I should know, I'm a painter with a BFA in Fine Arts.
Now mind you I use my own photography for use with my paintings.
But sometimes I may take a photo, edit it with photoshop and make a painting of it. There is absolutely nothing illegal about that.
Now if he has used the photo by itself and just added words to it like "Obama",that may be illegal, but its subjective.
Artists use photos from the media all the time for collages.
This lawsuit should be thrown at the window.

So why in the hell isn't this guy using it as a defense? Something extremely troubling here. He didn't need to make this admission. Wonder why he did? ooooooooooeeeeeeeoooooooo!

"Somethin' is rotten in Denmark, Dr. Watson!"

"No shit Sherlock!"