tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post6341655433188149021..comments2009-10-19T19:07:58.699+01:00John Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16941161605443479300noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-85802956548233422502009-10-19T19:06:49.083+01:002009-10-19T19:06:49.083+01:00I noticed, rather recently, that there are two versions of the image floating around cyberspace. The earliest version of the photo used in the posters looks like posterization and a few touch-ups, but the underlying image wasn't altered. Later versions look altered. For example, the lines next to the nose and mouth have been erased, the eyebrows have been raised slightly and the eyes have a more "uplifting" gaze. Obama's left ear seems different, too. It's a subtle difference, one that most casual observers might not notice, but it's there nonetheless. When I first noticed it, I wondered if someone was trying to create the impression that the image had been altered in that way all along, as if to suggest that the derivative work contained a degree of new expression from the beginning.Darrellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-21308887138936462642009-10-17T22:27:26.297+01:002009-10-17T22:27:26.297+01:00just curious, isn't there currently a photographer also suing AP for the right to the photo in question, because when he took the photo, he was freelance, and not working for AP? Does this result change that suit?Opinionatedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08457047884818174337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-66681436418939419072009-10-17T22:12:57.749+01:002009-10-17T22:12:57.749+01:00If you look back on Shephard Fairey's life story, you'll see why this latest theft is not so unique. The main thing that launched his career, the Andre the Giant has a Posse campaign wasn't his idea, but rather something he took credit for, because the actual artist was anonymous. There are several things in his history that make this current behavior the norm rather than the exception.J. Michael Krouskopnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-7525132039380567182009-10-17T14:52:45.615+01:002009-10-17T14:52:45.615+01:00True, it "wraps things up" for his claims of which photo he used, but it still doesn't settle the fair use matter. It just shows that he's an idiot whose willing to lie to bulster his case. But from a legal standpoint, that can't really come into play when examining the fair use argument, can it? Doesn't the court need to treat it as though he had been honest all along? If he had said form the beginning, "The AP is right about which photo I used," there would still be a fair use case to decide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-20098480171285945182009-10-17T10:14:59.278+01:002009-10-17T10:14:59.278+01:00What a pillock! He should've told the truth in the first place. I suppose that he gets press out of this there is even a facebook app now that 'obamaizes' your profile pic. Even if he does have to pay AP a settlement or fine, he's going down in history.Michelle Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17736243064590399829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7553278593406733377.post-19170934465663539882009-10-17T03:34:48.712+01:002009-10-17T03:34:48.712+01:00Sweet! Glad that copy artist owned up.Giulio Scioriohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355807472480452069noreply@blogger.com