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Motion Graphics Fest Animates DC

Eric Shutt | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media

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Eric Shutt

Motion Graphics Festival (MGFest) has been touring the U.S. for nearly 5 years, but you may not have heard of it until now.

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Shepard Fairey Admits Faking Evidence In AP Case

AP | HILLEL ITALIE and JOE MANDAK | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

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PITTSBURGH — Artist Shepard Fairey, who recently admitted concealing a key mistake in a lawsuit over his use of an Associated Press photo in his...

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Shepard Fairey To Design For Levi's

Huffington Post | Posted 10.12.2009 | Style

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Shepard Fairey, well-known for his Obama 'Hope' poster, will soon have another design deal under his belt. According to WWD, Fairey is set to sell a c...

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Obama and the K Street Set

Thomas Frank | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, K Street, Hope, Lobbyists, Tom Daschle, Steve Elmendorf, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Tosca, Politics News
Thomas Frank

Barack Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobbyists' Washington, the place we learned to despise during the last administration.

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Shepard Fairey's Studio Tagged With Anti-ACORN Graffiti

Washington Post | Garance Franke-Ruta | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Shepard Fairey Studio, Acorn, Shepard Fairey, Graffiti, Politics News

So much for HOPE. That, at least, is the symbolic message sent by an anti-ACORN activist or group that targeted Studio Number One in Los Angeles, the ...

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Two Guys Walk Into A Bar...

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Trailer, Football, Matt Weiner, Aghanistan, Manhood, Shepard Fairey, Movies, Media News
Tom Matlack

These two guys set out to write a book about what it means to be a good man -- not self-help drivel, not book about guys for women.

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The New "Hope" of Barack Obama

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jobless Recovery, Public Option, Hope, Economy, Obama, Van Jones, Shepard Fairey, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Politics News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

These are troubling times for those who supported Barack Obama for President.

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Reading The Pictures: Grandma Must Die!

Michael Shaw | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

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Michael Shaw

2009-08-12-shaw_obamacare.jpgHonestly, the whole "Death Panel" thing was so "out there," it didn't resonate with me until I came across this Newscom photo today.

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Helping Obama Write the Unwritten Future

Shepard Fairey | Posted 09.06.2009 | Style

Read More: Rolling Stone, Shepard Fairey Poster, Joe Strummer, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Shepard Fairey Rolling Stone, Style News
Shepard Fairey

2009-08-06-R1085COVER_fp.jpgIt's been six-plus months since Obama took office, and the new Rolling Stone cover is the first image of Obama I've created in that time.

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Shep Visionary or Criminal?

Tom Matlack | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media

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Tom Matlack

Fairey's work is on the cover of Time and he has a major show at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art but ultimately he is just fucking cool.

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Fairey v. AP v. Garcia v. Fairey: "Hope" Poster Photographer Asks, "What About Me?"

Jonathan Melber | Posted 08.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Fair Use, Copyright, Mannie Garcia, Associated Press Fair Use, Law, AP Fair Use, Photography, Art, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Obama Hope Poster, Media News
Jonathan Melber

I still think the "Hope" poster constitutes fair use. But if anyone can convince a court otherwise, it's photographer Mannie Garcia's formidable legal team.

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Shepard Fairey To Plead Guilty To Vandalism Charges

AP | MELISSA TRUJILLO | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media

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BOSTON — The artist who created the "Hope" poster of President Barack Obama was sentenced to two years of probation Friday after pleading guilty...

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Shepard Fairey and the Call for Human Rights

Jack Healey | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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Jack Healey

We've been horrified by what's happening in Iran. This has been the status quo inside Burma for nearly two decades. What will it take for people to get outraged at this oppression?

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The Biggest Announcement of My Life

Jason Pollock | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Justin Scot, Graham Sibley, Worldwide Pants, Majestic Crest, The Los Angeles Film Festival, Donkaphant Film Festival, The Youngest Candidate, Social Media, YOUnited Foundation, Jason Pollock, Shepard Fairey Poster, The Majestic Crest Theatre, Lawrence Bender, Shepard Fairey, Balanace Vector, Los Angeles Film Festival, David Letterman, Retweet, Media News
Jason Pollock

I have never made an announcement like this in all my 27 years on this planet. My film, The Youngest Candidate, will have its world premier during the Los Angeles Film Festival.

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If the AP Has the Right to Do What It's Done, Then So Do I

Shepard Fairey | Posted 05.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Shepard Fairey, Lawsuit, Barack Obama, Ap, Media News
Shepard Fairey

If AP photographs that do nothing but depict other artists' work are protected by fair use, then my work has to be, too. The AP can't have it both ways.

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News Executives Losing Fight Against Law and Technology

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Associated Press, Internet, Newspapers, Copyright, Shepard Fairey, Media News
Art Brodsky

Not content with trying to destroy the concept of fair use for images, the Associated Press is now threatening a war on the words of the Internet.

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Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 3, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

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It's Friday, and I'm feeling generous and mercurial, so here's a fun and shameless plug! Los Angelenos in the house? This Saturday, enjoy the dynami...

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STARS of DESIGN: LA vs. NYC

Ashlee Harrison | Posted 05.04.2009 | Style

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Ashlee Harrison

Charles Cohen asked Shepard Fairey and Matthew Rolston about the how they're changing business for this economy, what's inspiring them now, and why LA beats out New York.

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"Change Begins Within": My Interview with David Lynch

Patricia Amaya | Posted 05.04.2009 | Entertainment

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Patricia Amaya

Lynch: "I was a painter and then I got into film -- things were going pretty good. I only had a surface happiness. Inside it was hollow. True happiness lays within."

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The AP, Obama, & Referencing

Shepard Fairey | Posted 04.26.2009 | Media

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Shepard Fairey

I can't talk about every aspect of my case with the AP over the Obama HOPE poster, but there are a few things I want to discuss and points I'd like to make.

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Hypocrisy And Bad Faith In The AP's Countersuit Against Shepard Fairey

Jonathan Melber | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Fair Use, Copyright, Mannie Garcia, Associated Press Fair Use, Law, AP Fair Use, Photography, Art, Media News, Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama, Obama Hope Poster, Shepard Fairey Poster, Shepard Fairey AP, Media News
Jonathan Melber

An AP victory in this case would undermine artistic freedom. And it would, to paraphrase Lawrence Lessig, effectively outlaw a legitimate form of art.

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AP Shepard Fairey Counterclaim Filed

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 04.11.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — The Associated Press countersued an artist Wednesday over his famous image of Barack Obama, saying the uncredited, uncompensated use ...

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Obama Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Expects New Charges In Boston

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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BOSTON — The street artist who created the famous "Hope" poster of President Barack Obama expects to face new vandalism charges relating to the ...

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Eric Cantor's Copyright Smackdown

Jonathan Melber | Posted 03.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Gop, Art, Copyright, Aerosmith, Digital Millenium Copyright Act, Youtube, Music, Shepard Fairey, Eric Cantor, House Republicans, Obama Hope Poster, Fair Use, Dmca, Media News
Jonathan Melber

Eric Cantor is getting a lesson on what "fair use" isn't: his chest-beating, stimulus-opposing, victory-proclaiming video set to the tune of Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle."

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Shepard Fairey Sues AP Over Obama Photo Copyright

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — An artist who created a famous image of Barack Obama before he became president sued The Associated Press on Monday, asking a judge t...

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