EdBowie
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In this case he wasn't put in jail for copyright violation, it was for impeding the investigation. There was no court ruling on the fair use claim. quote:
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ORIGINAL: MasterCaneman I fail to see how this is a problem. I have an extensive 'morgue' of interesting photos I use as models when I draw or paint (not that I do it very well, but still). Granted, its in the grey area between art and photomanipulation, but he isn't the first to do something along those lines. While the AP may have some copyright issues, the fact remains that the Florida AG is a public person, and as such, her image and words are not bound by copyright law, as far as I know. the same thing happened with an Obama pic.. so I dare say AP will forge ahead with their lawsuit.. "in January 2009, the photograph on which Fairey based the poster was revealed: an April 2006 shot by former Associated Press freelance photographer Mannie Garcia. In response to claims by the Associated Press for compensation, Fairey sued for a declaratory judgment that his poster was a fair use of the original photograph. The parties settled out of court in January 2011, with details of the settlement remaining confidential. On February 24, 2012, Fairey pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to destroying and fabricating documents during his legal battle with the Associated Press. Fairey had sued the news service in 2009 after it claimed that the famous poster was based on one of its photos. Fairey claimed that he used a different photograph for the poster. But he admitted that, in fact, he was wrong and tried to hide the error by destroying documents and manufacturing others, which is the source of the one count of criminal contempt to which he pleaded guilty.[4] In September, Fairey was sentenced to two years of probation, 300 hours of community service, and a fine of $25,000." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_%22Hope%22_poster
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