It makes you wonder what the AP has, to make this admission by HOPE-and-paste ripoff artist Shepard Fairey look like the preferable option:
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.
Via Deceiver.com, which also links to this report that at least some of Fairey’s attorneys are pulling out of the lawsuit. Which is actually a pity, as the most proper response to this situation is to root for injuries…
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I admit it. I get the components of my pictures from the internet.
6eorge Jetson (Diary) Saturday, October 17th at 3:43PM EST (link)Friday Night news-Dump....
larryp Saturday, October 17th at 5:39PM EST (link)into the memory-hole and disappears.
Fairey sitll a hero to the Obamanites…
Wow, it takes something big for lawyers to withdraw. nt
phxg (Diary) Saturday, October 17th at 5:57PM EST (link)It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. –Aristotle
Regardless of your opinion of Shep. F
leftylurker (Diary) Sunday, October 18th at 9:41AM EST (link)A loss in this case is pretty much bad for everyone but the AP.
Gimme a buck
Robert A. Hahn (Diary) Monday, October 19th at 9:55AM EST (link)The AP is as far into the tank for Obama as Fairey is. They need to protect their IP as a matter of principle, but you’ll notice they didn’t bother pursue Fairey until after the inauguration.
They’ll get to the point where it’s obvious to everyone that Fairey is going to get hosed (which point may have arrived with these announcements), then offer to settle for the sum of one dollar, the agreement to be sealed.
Fairey will have ‘lost,’ the AP will have established their rights to their photography, and the object of their combined admiration will be in the White House.
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