Fair Play or Plagiarism?
You may have heard that Shepard Fairey's Obama "Hope" image is based on a photograph shot by Associated Press photographer Mannie Garcia. Fairey has said so himself and has called it "fair use" and "referencing."

The AP is calling it something else, although as far as I know, the association hasn't used the word "plagiarism" yet. In a press release on the AP Web site, the AP says that "it owns the copyright, and wants credit and compensation" for the use of the image on a multitude of posters, buttons, and other products.

Garcia's photo is on the left; Fairey's work is on the right.


What do you think? Did Fairey reference the photo, or did he plagiarize it? To weigh in, go to the forum thread at www.creativepro.com/node/63914.

To learn more about this particular issue, check out Milton Glaser's opinion and the AP press release. Or catch up on your history with the Wikipedia explanation of the copyright infringement court case that pitted Jeff Koons against Art Rogers. (Koons lost.)

If you're leery of unintentionally infringing on someone else's work, or you want to protect your own, peruse these CreativePro.com articles:

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