Shepard Fairey settles case... Obama 'Hope' image

[nrgball]

congrats, Shep!!! A huge monkey off his back, huge.

[jB]

"to collaborate on a series of images that Fairey will create based on A.P. photographs.”

The Irony of it all - They now want to collaborate! Just crazy!

[colinfishwick]

more fool him for not licensing the image in the first place SMH.

[Wearology]

Jan 12, 2011 20:45:19 GMT 1 jB said:

"to collaborate on a series of images that Fairey will create based on A.P. photographs.”

The Irony of it all - They now want to collaborate! Just crazy!

It is not ironic it is capitalism gone bad -
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[snausages]

How is that irony? It's what they wanted all along from the beginning. To have the photos and products licensed.

I love how they get even on this outsider anti corporate artist by forcing him to produce tons of new Obama merchandise. Must make him cringe to reduce his "art" to that level of marketing and capitalist exploitation. ;D


Sad on so many levels.

[skitchy]

poor shep, that hope image will now be blasted everywhere by AP glad I don't own that print and feel sorry for the guy at bonhams who shelled out big time for it. deff just halved in value

and the so called "collaboration" its just for $$$$

It's Pathetic

[boaty]

Jan 12, 2011 21:21:36 GMT 1 skitchy said:

poor shep, that hope image will now be blasted everywhere by AP glad I don't own that print and feel sorry for the guy at bonhams who shelled out big time for it. deff just halved in value

there are hundreds of thousands, if not more, of the Hope posters already out there - as most were free campaign posters - and pasted up everywhere throughout the US - very few people saw it as investments at the time...not to mention there are gazillions of bootleg versions already out there...

The image will always be attached to the Obama legacy - so the authentic signed ones will likely retain good value....also having an original image in the Smithsonian's permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery helps...

[boaty]

Email from ObeyGiant....

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CASE UPDATE

The Associated Press, Shepard Fairey, and Mr. Fairey's companies Obey Giant Art, Inc., Obey Giant LLC, and Studio Number One, Inc., have agreed in principle to settle their pending copyright infringement lawsuit over rights in the Obama Hope poster and related merchandise.

Mr. Fairey used an AP portrait photograph of Mr. Obama in making the Hope poster. Mr. Fairey did not license the photograph from the AP before using it. The AP contended that Mr. Fairey copied all of the original, creative expression in the AP's photograph without crediting or compensating the AP, and that Mr. Fairey's unlicensed use of the photograph was not a fair use.. Mr. Fairey claimed that he did not appropriate any copyrightable material from the AP's photo, and that, in any event, his use of the photograph constituted a fair use under copyright law.

In settling the lawsuit, the AP and Mr. Fairey have agreed that neither side surrenders its view of the law. Mr. Fairey has agreed that he will not use another AP photo in his work without obtaining a license from the AP. The two sides have also agreed to work together going forward with the Hope image and share the rights to make the posters and merchandise bearing the Hope image and to collaborate on a series of images that Fairey will create based on AP photographs. The parties have agreed to additional financial terms that will remain confidential.

"The Associated Press is pleased to have reached resolution of its lawsuit with Mr. Fairey," said Tom Curley, president and CEO. "AP will continue to celebrate the outstanding work of its award-winning photographers and use revenue from the licensing of those photos to support its mission as the essential provider of news and photography from around the world. The AP will continue to vigilantly protect its copyrighted photographs against wholesale copying and commercialization where there is no legitimate basis for asserting fair use."

"I am pleased to have resolved the dispute with the Associated Press," said Mr. Fairey. "I respect the work of photographers, as well as recognize the need to preserve opportunities for other artists to make fair use of photographic images. I often collaborate with photographers in my work, and I look forward to working with photos provided by the AP's talented photographers."

The AP's copyright infringement lawsuit against Obey Clothing, the marketer of apparel with the Hope image, remains ongoing.

- January 12, 2011

[Happy Shopper]

Can see why this is a good deal for Shep.
He doesn't care so much about profit from the image, so they can have it... If there's any to be made now?? Plus he's lost interest in Obama anyway.
He can use their images if he shares the profit. That's what he's been doing with other artists anyway!
It's all good... If a little conformist!

[Brushstrokes 75]

Looks like shep paid a small financial compensation from what he made from it as well....

[Winter]

I've still got the original Progress ed 350 screenprint somewhere.

[mesto]

I'm not too surprised about the collab. How else would he have gotten out of this shit. This whole thing went a bit too far to start with. Kak happens when money's involved.

[swan]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12170620