Artist admits he lied about 'Hope' photo

NY Post ^ | October 17, 2009 | AP

[Scanian]

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.

Fairey himself admitted that he didn’t use The Associated Press photo of Obama seated next to actor George Clooney he originally said his work was based on — which he claimed would have been covered under “fair use,” the legal claim that copyrighted work can be used without having to pay for it.

[Scanian]

They all deserve one another, really. The AP, Zippy, and Mr. Fairey.

[fieldmarshaldj]

That little creep reminds me of Woody Allen's "revolutionary" character in "Bananas", Fielding Mellish, with the beard...