A middle finger goes out to the Associated Press
Well, if you haven’t heard the Associated Press is suing Shepard Fairey for copyright infringement. Apparently, the world famous Obama Portrait was based a on photo that the AP has the rights to and Shepard never retain the rights to use.
Here’s a case of a corporate bully wanting to get their share of the Obama pie. Now, had Obama loss would this have even been a story. I’m sick of the corporate folks trying to bring in another revenue stream for their company. Check out this article that talks more about this craziness.
Source : FastCompany
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