A Alleges Copyright Infringement of Obama Image

AP ^ | Feb. 4, 2009 | AP

[Netizen]

AP suing Shepard Fairey over altered image. See article.

[Dajjal]

Shepard Fairey is a talentless poser. Any and all aesthetic quality in any of "his" works are from whomever he has stolen that piece from. I'm overjoyed to see the karma catch up with him as one of his sources sues him. I hope he gets taken to the cleaners. ROTFLMHO!!!

This thread is a good place to learn who Shepard Fairey is:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121506/posts
Obama’s Venomous Artist-Fundraiser

Fairey has a company ("Obey") that produces his own artwork, such as these.
See Fairey's website: http://www.thegiant.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Prints

Obama has written Fairey that he admires "the political messages involved in your work."

The political messages in Fairey's art are:
1) Communist dictators are god-like supermen
2) The United States is a police state at home and an imperialist oppressor abroad
3) Capitalism is an evil system based on greed and exploitation
4) Ordinary Amerikkkan workers are guilty of blithely supporting an unjust system
5) The only good Americans are those who fight The System
6) The communist Peoples' Armies will soon triumph over Amerikkkan imperialism and bring peace to the world out of the barrel of a gun.

[Netizen]

I wonder if any of the other images were taken from other people’s work.

[Netizen]

I crosslinked to your article, to keep them together. After looking at more images from your article, I wouldn’t doubt that he has used other’s work before.

[Dajjal]

I wouldn’t doubt that he has used other’s work before.

Personally, I doubt that Shepard Fairey has every done any kind of artwork which he hasn't stolen from somebody else.

I don't believe he has a creative bone in his body.

Since he did the Obama poster (which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Obama -- expect him to get either some gummint appointment or contracts) I've been paying attention to his stuff, and nowhere have I ever seen anything remotely resembling an original hand-done sketch or painting. Everything is a machine-reproduction of somebody else's creativity, with the colors and context and message changed.

He does steal from gifted photographers, painters, etc. -- so that eye-catching quality passes onto his posters. But without a photocopier, the man would be lost.

[Dajjal]

Corrigendum: Personally, I doubt that Shepard Fairey has ever done any kind of artwork which he hasn't stolen from somebody else.

[Dajjal]

My brother just sent me this in an email. ROTFLMHO!!!!!

> This should teach SF to stick to grave robbing ....

[Dajjal]

Another corrigendum: Since he did the Obama poster (which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Obama -- expect him to get either some gummint appointment or contracts)....

Since he did the Obama poster (which raised millions of dollars for Obama -- expect him to get either some gummint appointment or contracts)....

[stentorian conservative]

"You must be smokin' dope if you're voting for this fool."

Indeed.

Photo of 56 y/o woman jailed for 38 pounds of pot.

[Polarik]

Let’s all sue Factcheck for their altered images.