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Zimmerman Continues to Be a Horrible Person; Mocks Prosecutor w/Painting, Faces More Legal Troubles
The Source ^ | January 26, 2014 | April Dawn

Posted on 01/26/2014 2:34:47 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

George Zimmerman continues to be an attention starved horrible human being.

Zimmerman has continued to keep himself in the public eye since being acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin–and now he wants us to know that even he thinks the justice system is a joke.

Just a month ago, in between run ins with the police, Zimmerman decided he fancied himself a painter and sold a painting on eBay.

It was an American flag, with the words “God One Nation with Liberty and Justice For All.”

It sold for $100,099.99.

His follow up painting is even more appalling, classless, and utterly tasteless.

The painting depicts Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, pinching her fingers together, at the press conference when she announced the long awaited charges against George Zimmerman.

The painting is a direct copy of a photo belonging to the AP, taken by Rick Wilson, a freelancer.

Zimmerman’s plagiarized painting is rather ironic for someone who was so concerned about stealing that he confronted, shot, and killed an unarmed teenager. Plagiarism is, after all, stealing.

Zimmerman further had the audacity to add the taunting quote “I have this much respect for the American judicial system – Angie C.”

Continuing to taunt, as if he & Corey are best friends and he can call her by a nickname, he’s titled the painting “Angie.”

The art world is unamused, as I’m sure is Angela Corey.

Jason Edward Kaufman, a contributing editor at Art+Auction, said the painting looks like a “bloodbath.”

Andrew Russeth, art critic for the New York Observer, pegged the paintings as a “desperate cry for attention.”

An art critic for the Village Voice, Christian Viveros-Faune, said Zimmerman’s work fits right in with other “murderabilia,” comparing his works to paintings done by cult leader Charles Manson and serial killer John Wayne Gacy. (Except I’ll bet that even John Wayne Gacy and Charles Manson were above plagiarizing paintings.)

The AP and photographer Rick Wilson are also highly unamused. They’ve threatened legal action against Zimmerman, who seems to be the only one deriving any sort of amusement from this.

Zimmerman tweeted that he wasn’t worried and revealed his plans to sue the AP, saying that whatever the APhis suit of them is over. (No one seems to have any idea what he’s talking about; he probably doesn’t even know himself.)

The AP’s threat is very real–it wouldn’t be the first time they’ve had to take legal action for similar situations.

Artist Shephard Fairey was taken to court in 2012 over using an AP photo for the Obama “Hope” posters. Fairey was found guilty.

Paul Colford, a spokesperson for the AP, told politico.com:

“George Zimmerman clearly directly copied an AP photo to create his painting of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey. The AP has sent a cease-and-desist letter asserting its copyright in the photo to the lawyer who recently represented Mr. Zimmerman. That lawyer has responded, and though she no longer represents Mr. Zimmerman, she will be forwarding the letter to him today.”

“You just can’t do that. You just can’t take somebody else’s work and make it your own,” Rick Wilson told the Orlando Sentinel.

Wilson, the photographer, has retained a lawyer and said Zimmerman can expect action taken in conjunction with the AP if he continues to use the image.

The painting has not yet been listed on eBay, but tweets by George Zimmerman’s brother, Robert Zimmerman, suggest that they plan to sell the painting privately.

I also hope they’re planning for court, but I guess once you get away with murder, plagiarism seems like child’s play.


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To: beelzepug

I remember Bob Ross, he of the puffy brown fro and flash-bang school of art products.


61 posted on 01/26/2014 5:24:25 PM PST by lee martell
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

April Dawn. Is that a pseudonym for a porn actress or a stripper?


62 posted on 01/26/2014 5:30:31 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: familyop
April Dawn. Is that a pseudonym for a porn actress or a stripper?

Is she related to Delta?

63 posted on 01/26/2014 5:31:46 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: AndyJackson
See my post above. I think it is safely across a clear bright line.

Legally, you are mostly correct, although there is the question of degrading the value of the original AP photo. However, to quote the blueprint that is inspiring the far left, "some animals are more equal than others". The fact that GZ is clearly engaged in parody is not as significant if it was some other White Hispanic. He needs to change his name to something innocuous . . . perhaps Carlos Danger.

64 posted on 01/26/2014 5:36:10 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

so campbell’s never sued libtard fag warhol? or marilyn monroe’s photogs? or anyone’s photogs for the images he used that others took?

and the quote is dead accurate.


65 posted on 01/26/2014 5:38:16 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: AndyJackson
You are correct, and in this case Zimmerman probably has an additional defense because the image depicts a public event which was photographed and recorded by multiple cameras, and perhaps even by Zimmerman himself. So there is little to no creative content in the photograph, as others have pointed out the exact same gesture from a similar viewpoint is caught in the video of the proceedings.

Granted, an exact copy or reproduction of the AP photograph would seem likely to infringe their copyright, but a work which is based on a gesture made by someone in public, and recorded simultaneously by many people seems to be a much more uncertain issue. Particularly when it may well be a commentary on the media, and the biases of AP itself.

66 posted on 01/26/2014 5:42:18 PM PST by freeandfreezing
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ...
Obama: 'To Anyone Out There Who Has Ever Been Assaulted [except for George Zimmerman] ... I’ve Got Your Back'
67 posted on 01/26/2014 5:52:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv (;http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: Marcella
I didn’t know making a painting of a picture was plagiarism.

It's probably not a painting but rather posterizing with photoshop or even a free online service.

He stole the picture, changed the contrast, and substituted colors, and put it out as his own. Takes less than 5 minutes.

68 posted on 01/26/2014 7:12:39 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A 2-minute job with a free photoeditor. I could have done better if I gave it 5 or 10 minutes.

I am selling this for $1,000,000 with all proceeds to be donated to Right-to-Life.

69 posted on 01/26/2014 7:29:57 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Whether Zimmerman (is he related to Bob Dylan, by the way?) is "acting out" inappropriately is for the buying public to decide.

He's got good reason to feel a little bitter after being mauled by Leviathan for the audacious use of deadly force in successfully saving his own life.

Be that as it may, after some of the public money spent on Mapplethorpe's work and the high brow art forms foisted upon us by capricious children like Ms. Cyrus, the self-appointed Dauphins of cultural correctness don't have much moral high-ground left for them to stand on in bleating about George's art work.

I wouldn't buy it, but it's a pretty good likeness of that monster prosecutor, both natural and metaphorical.

70 posted on 01/26/2014 7:40:38 PM PST by Prospero (Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
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To: Prospero; a fool in paradise
Whether Zimmerman (is he related to Bob Dylan, by the way?)

That's a good question. To know the answer somebody ought to check his singing voice - if he can't sing, then yes, he is related to Bob Dylan.

71 posted on 01/26/2014 7:43:34 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious! We reserve the right to serve refuse to anyone!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

72 posted on 01/26/2014 7:49:19 PM PST by Prospero (Si Deus trucido mihi, ego etiam fides Deus.)
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To: Prospero
hahaha

There is an art documentary where they are talking to some younger artists. They were invited by Andy to his apartment for lunch.

He serves them Campbells Tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch.

And all the young artists are whispering to each other and trying to figure out if Andy is having a joke on them. They finally figured out he wasn't when one of them checked his cupboards and they were stuffed full of Campbells soups.

That shit makes me LOL every time I think about it!

73 posted on 01/26/2014 7:56:42 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Prospero

DAMN I wish I could still get Campbells soup at those prices. I would empty the shelves!


74 posted on 01/26/2014 7:58:06 PM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Parody is not plagiarism.

Parodying iconography is iconographic, sorta like a double negative.


75 posted on 01/26/2014 8:25:56 PM PST by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: Revolting cat!

You don’t need a whetherman to tell the way the wind blows!


76 posted on 01/26/2014 8:45:01 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; GeronL; Revolting cat!

The Duke Lacrossseee Team should’ve all made paintings of Nifong.


77 posted on 01/26/2014 8:48:22 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
AssPress has stolen other peoples photos and never even claimed artistic license.

DNC media gonna hate.

78 posted on 01/26/2014 8:49:21 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: napscoordinator; Revolting cat!

Today they are going after George “Don’t Call Me Robert” Zimmerman and tomorrow they are attacking FReepers for savaging photos without a license.


79 posted on 01/26/2014 8:50:52 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: Yardstick; GeronL; Revolting cat!

He should just buy the AP wire photo online (for around $15) and stick it in a jar of urine. The NEA would give him $50k easy for such quality art. No doubt.


80 posted on 01/26/2014 8:52:00 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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