http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_en_ot/obama_posterAP alleges copyright infringement of Obama image
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By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Hillel Italie, Ap National Writer – Wed Feb 4, 6:56 pm ET
A poster of President Barack Obama, right, by artist Shepard Fairey is shown for AP – A poster of President Barack Obama, right, by artist Shepard Fairey is shown for comparison with this …
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NEW YORK – On buttons, posters and Web sites, the image was everywhere during last year's presidential campaign: A pensive Barack Obama looking upward, as if to the future, splashed in a Warholesque red, white and blue and underlined with the caption HOPE.
Designed by Shepard Fairey, a Los-Angeles based street artist, the image has led to sales of hundreds of thousands of posters and stickers, has become so much in demand that copies signed by Fairey have been purchased for thousands of dollars on eBay.
