Summary:
This article, by Bailey, is about the
Shepherd Fairey case. Fairey created the
Obama hope poster that by now everyone knows what it is. Now, Fairey is being charged with copyright
infringement because the original photographer,
Garcia, came forward and said that she took the picture. However, Fairey thinks that this is unfair
because he did not gain any money, and doesn’t seem to have any, from the
photograph. So if AP wants to get money
from Fairey, it would be pretty hard because not only does he have none but his
use of the photograph passes three of the four factors to decide if it is fair
use or not.
Review:
I think that this is quite
confusing. I don’t think that Fairey is
in the wrong because it seems to me that AP wants money. Fairey doesn’t have a lot of money and he
didn’t make any money using “their” photograph.
I think that this case falls under the fair use decision and that if there
is no money to be made and it passes, technically, the four factors then it
should be done and over with.
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