copyright dispute over Shepard Fairey's visual icon of Obama

Cafe,

Robert L. Pincus, art critic for the _San Diego Union-Tribune_, has
written a commentary about the Shepard Fairey copyright case in
today's paper:

	in the _San Diego Union-Tribune_
	Sunday, 15 Feb. 2009 issue

	"An artist turns a photo into an iconic image -- but is it
	fair use?" (pp. E1 and E6)

which should be available online to all at:

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/15/lz1a15faireys182557-artist-turns-photo-iconic-imag/?zIndex=52846

For those who are not familiar with the case, Fairey used freelance
photographer Mannie Garcia's photo of then-candidate Obama as the
basis for political posters etc., which rapidly became a staple of
U.S. popular culture, without seeking permission from, or paying
royalties to, Garcia and the Associated Press (which employed Garcia
to take the photo).

Pincus argues that

	"This dispute underscores the point that Fair Use isn't a
	clear-cut concept. But there is a bigger aesthetic picture
	here...."


Deborah
(still running behind in several projects, including promised posts
for this list)
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce
[email protected]





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