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Mar. 26th, 2009 12:03 amI don't know about you guys, but the Sheppard Fairey/ Mannie Garcia hoopla is starting to sound awfully analogous to, y'know, us.
[In case you don't know what I'm talking about, Sheppard Fairey is the artist who created the iconic red beige & blue poster of Barack Obama used extensively during the campaign. The original is now in a museum. Fairey used a photograph by AP photographer Mannie Garcia as a reference image. Now AP is suing him, claiming he was "stealing" Garcia's work, and that Fairey didn't create a work of original, significant value. And by-the-by -- although not actually I think all that important to this case, since it's pretty obvious that there is something special about that poster -- Fairey has -- I think? -- never been paid for his image.]
The case is in court right now. Fairey posted about it on BoingBoing today. (Article includes an image of Fairey's painting.)
I wish he had something like an OTW to help him out, but he seems to have a BoingBoing, which is pretty good, too. And he's got thousands of people like me pissed off on his behalf, which should also be worth something.
[In case you don't know what I'm talking about, Sheppard Fairey is the artist who created the iconic red beige & blue poster of Barack Obama used extensively during the campaign. The original is now in a museum. Fairey used a photograph by AP photographer Mannie Garcia as a reference image. Now AP is suing him, claiming he was "stealing" Garcia's work, and that Fairey didn't create a work of original, significant value. And by-the-by -- although not actually I think all that important to this case, since it's pretty obvious that there is something special about that poster -- Fairey has -- I think? -- never been paid for his image.]
The case is in court right now. Fairey posted about it on BoingBoing today. (Article includes an image of Fairey's painting.)
I wish he had something like an OTW to help him out, but he seems to have a BoingBoing, which is pretty good, too. And he's got thousands of people like me pissed off on his behalf, which should also be worth something.
