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Shepard Fairey wurde letzte Woche von Associated Press wegen seines Obama-Visuals verklagt, weil er als Vorlage das Foto eines ihrer Fotografen benutzte. Ich sagte damals schon: „Bullshit“, denn seine Illustration erreicht ganz sicher unsere Schöpfungshöhe, die in den USA in der Fair Use-Klausel enthalten ist. Obey Giant sieht das genauso und verklagt nun die AP, bei uns heisst das wohl Negative Feststellungsklage. Go get ‘em!

“There should be no doubt about the legality of Fairey’s work,” said Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project and lecturer in law at Stanford Law School, who is leading Fairey’s legal team. “He used the photograph for a purpose entirely different than the original, and transformed it dramatically. The original photograph is a literal depiction of Obama, whereas Fairey’s poster creates powerful new meaning and conveys a radically different message that has no analogue in the original photograph. Nor has Fairey done any harm to the value of the original photograph. Quite the opposite; Fairey has made the photograph immeasurably more valuable.”

Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project and Durie Tangri File Lawsuit against The Associated Press on behalf of Obama Hope Artist Shepard Fairey (via Supertouchart)

Associated Press’ megacopyright-FAIL: Shepard Faireys ikonographisches Obama-Bild ging um die Welt und wurde schließlich offizielles Wahlkampf-Visual. Als Vorlage seiner Illustration benutzte er eine Fotografie von AP-Fotograf Manny Garcia und Associated Press verklagt nun Shepard Fairey wegen Copyright-Bullshits. Nun kenne ich mich im amerikanischen Copyright nicht wirklich aus, gehe aber davon aus, dass es dort – wenn es schon eine Fair Use-Klausel gibt – auch sowas wie eine Schöpfungshöhe existiert. Und die hat Fairey mit seiner Illu selbstverständlich erreicht. Wie bereits gesagt: Associated Press’ megacopyright-FAIL! Fuckers.

Associated Press is going after Shepherd Fairey for copyright enfringement for appropriating their Obama photo for his iconic Hope poster. Fairey has always been forthcoming about the shot by photographer Manny Garcia, who was on assignment for AP when he snapped it at the National Press Club in DC three years ago.

Fair use doctrine, which allows exceptions to copyright law, comes into play here, as Fairey’s lawyer said in a statement.

From AP:

“We believe fair use protects Shepard’s right to do what he did here,” says Fairey’s attorney, Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University and a lecturer at the Stanford Law School. “It wouldn’t be appropriate to comment beyond that at this time because we are in discussions about this with the AP.”

I guess the Warhol estate is quaking in their boots over this. Yeah, right.

AP tries to shake down Shepard Fairey (via BoingBoing)