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"Fairey Use" in the Courts: The Battle Over the Obama "Hope" Poster

"Fairey Use" in the Courts: The Battle Over the Obama "Hope" Poster

Peter Waldkirch is a second year LL.B. student at the University of Ottawa. The copyright infringement lawsuit centering around the iconic Obama “Hope” image recently took a strange turn. On one side is the controversial artist Shepard Fairey, who produced the famous poster; on the other is the Associated Press, who claims ownership of the […]