http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/02/why-ap-has-little-chance-of-success-against-shepard-fairey/ The ways law rules creative endeavors and the ways law itself is a creative endeavor Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/02/why-ap-has-little-chance-of-success-against-shepard-fairey/comment-page-1/#comment-2588 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » Manny Garcia’s own words betray the weakness of his case. Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:05:47 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1500#comment-2588 [...] Garcia, who actually shot the photo at issue in the lawsuit between Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press — the photo that allegedly was the source of [...] [...] Garcia, who actually shot the photo at issue in the lawsuit between Shepard Fairey and the Associated Press — the photo that allegedly was the source of [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/02/why-ap-has-little-chance-of-success-against-shepard-fairey/comment-page-1/#comment-2361 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » How creative does a work need to be to win the Brit Insurance Design Award? Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:46:57 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1500#comment-2361 [...] you think the Design Museum considered Fairey’s poster a sufficiently creative transformation of the photograph from which it was derived to be a non-infringing fair use of the photograph? Do [...] [...] you think the Design Museum considered Fairey’s poster a sufficiently creative transformation of the photograph from which it was derived to be a non-infringing fair use of the photograph? Do [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/02/why-ap-has-little-chance-of-success-against-shepard-fairey/comment-page-1/#comment-2359 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » AP doth protest too much, methinks. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:33:39 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1500#comment-2359 [...] need no professional degree to understand that zealotry apparent certainty can betray insecurity. AP has of late been rather extreme in its rush to protect its rights in copyrighted material. Now AP seems poised to take on [...] [...] need no professional degree to understand that zealotry apparent certainty can betray insecurity. AP has of late been rather extreme in its rush to protect its rights in copyrighted material. Now AP seems poised to take on [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/02/why-ap-has-little-chance-of-success-against-shepard-fairey/comment-page-1/#comment-2321 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive » Shepard Fairey, lightning rod Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:32:04 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1500#comment-2321 [...] pointed out both that I believe strongly that Shepard Fairey’s use of an AP photograph to create his Obama Hope poster does not infringe the pohotograph’s copyright and that Fairey [...] [...] pointed out both that I believe strongly that Shepard Fairey’s use of an AP photograph to create his Obama Hope poster does not infringe the pohotograph’s copyright and that Fairey [...]

]]> http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/2009/02/why-ap-has-little-chance-of-success-against-shepard-fairey/comment-page-1/#comment-2301 Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity » Blog Archive Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:44:00 +0000 http://blogs.geniocity.com/friedman/?p=1500#comment-2301 [...] does not infringe the copyright of the AP photograph he stenciled to begin his work. First, I think the poster is a fair use of the image, and, second, I think the poster doesn’t take anything that can be copyrighted from the [...] [...] does not infringe the copyright of the AP photograph he stenciled to begin his work. First, I think the poster is a fair use of the image, and, second, I think the poster doesn’t take anything that can be copyrighted from the [...]

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