Turns out Shepard Fairey did use AP's photo of Barack Obama for his famed Hope poster. When AP claimed Fairey used one of their images, he went to length and lie and delete evidence proving that he did use the picture. See our original post here. Tsk tsk.
Fairey still believes he has a case, arguing his work is protected under fair use. He believes that the image was altered enough that he can claim it as his. Well, that's fine - maybe he should've just stick to this argument in the first place instead of lying. His credibility is now in the gutters.
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