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Who owns Obama?

by Matt Buck

It looks as if a criminal legal case will be brought against the artist who made the ‘Hope’ poster of Barack Obama (below). The New York Times reports Shepherd Fairey is now facing both a civil and a criminal case for his representation of, or from, an original Associated Press photograph which became famous during Obama’s successful presidential campaign. Shepard’s response to the news of the likely criminal case is here.

4 comments

1 bill stott { 02.02.10 at 8:46 am }: Did Andy Warhol get Campbell’s permission pre soup can prints ?
2 Matt Buck { 02.02.10 at 8:50 am }: It’s a good question Bill. Anyone know any better than Wikipedia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Soup_Company#In_pop_art
3 Royston Robertson { 02.02.10 at 9:42 am }: George Clooney is the original photo! I bet he was miffed at being cropped out for the poster …
4 Tweets that mention Who owns Obama? — thebloghorn.org -- Topsy.com { 02.07.10 at 10:21 am }: [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by MattBuckHackCartoons and UK ProCartoonists, Royston Robertson. Royston Robertson said: RT @bloghorn: Who owns Obama? … http://bit.ly/cTKeIA [...]

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