Comments on: Should Shepard Fairey Be Sued for his Obama Poster? http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/ask-the-readers/shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster Graphic design tutorials, freebies, & advice by working artists and designers. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Alexa Brosen http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/ask-the-readers/shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster/comment-page-3/#comment-224465 Alexa Brosen Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:23:00 +0000 http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4236#comment-224465 Umm..fine art can also be defined as an illustration..so you have no clue what you are talking about. Art is what a person makes of it, not what society states it is. Umm..fine art can also be defined as an illustration..so you have no clue what you are talking about. Art is what a person makes of it, not what society states it is.

]]> By: Alexa Brosen http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/ask-the-readers/shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster/comment-page-7/#comment-224464 Alexa Brosen Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:21:00 +0000 http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4236#comment-224464 To be honest....if people don't want their faces to be copied..dont have them photographed either...stay out of the public eye..and out of our business. The illustration is similar...but its not like he painted everything from the original photo. The person who took the photo...did they sign something stating that their photo should never be copied? I wonder. Its all about making money by stealing it from other people..not about the artist who created the illustration. People get sued only when something sells tons. Makes you wonder how any rule is made by the stupid american government...bunch of thieves they are. To be honest….if people don’t want their faces to be copied..dont have them photographed either…stay out of the public eye..and out of our business. The illustration is similar…but its not like he painted everything from the original photo. The person who took the photo…did they sign something stating that their photo should never be copied? I wonder. Its all about making money by stealing it from other people..not about the artist who created the illustration. People get sued only when something sells tons. Makes you wonder how any rule is made by the stupid american government…bunch of thieves they are.

]]> By: Jw http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/ask-the-readers/shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster/comment-page-7/#comment-195366 Jw Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:33:59 +0000 http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4236#comment-195366 also, that falls under "fair use" because it's a satire. also, that falls under “fair use” because it's a satire.

]]> By: Jw http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/ask-the-readers/shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster/comment-page-7/#comment-195365 Jw Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:31:28 +0000 http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4236#comment-195365 Absolutely. This guy isn't an artist - he's a copyist. He's ripping off other people's work left and right. And not even doing it well. If you overlay the photo on the poster - he traced it, then painted it blue and red. That's it. No fancy technique. It matches exactly. Speaking as an ILLUSTRATOR, the basic rule of thumb in illustration is to change a photo at least 70% from the original, so that your piece is nowhere near your source. This seems like a clear violation of copyright in my estimation. Imagine if someone else took the poster and changed the colors to green - wouldn't Shepherd Fairey be upset? <br><br>All of this is so stupid anyways - he should have just paid AP for the right to use the photo; if he'd done the right thing in the first place there wouldn't be a problem. But, as I think is clear from looking at the link above. Fairey doesn't have a problem with stealing. Absolutely. This guy isn't an artist – he's a copyist. He's ripping off other people's work left and right. And not even doing it well. If you overlay the photo on the poster – he traced it, then painted it blue and red. That's it. No fancy technique. It matches exactly. Speaking as an ILLUSTRATOR, the basic rule of thumb in illustration is to change a photo at least 70% from the original, so that your piece is nowhere near your source. This seems like a clear violation of copyright in my estimation. Imagine if someone else took the poster and changed the colors to green – wouldn't Shepherd Fairey be upset?

All of this is so stupid anyways – he should have just paid AP for the right to use the photo; if he'd done the right thing in the first place there wouldn't be a problem. But, as I think is clear from looking at the link above. Fairey doesn't have a problem with stealing.

]]> By: rezzie http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/ask-the-readers/shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster/comment-page-7/#comment-195268 rezzie Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4236#comment-195268 No he shouldn't.<br>He came up with a good technique.<br>Some people are just jealous they didn't think if it. No he shouldn't.
He came up with a good technique.
Some people are just jealous they didn't think if it.

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]]> By: alexanderacostaosorio http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/ask-the-readers/shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster/comment-page-7/#comment-181495 alexanderacostaosorio Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:35:41 +0000 http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4236#comment-181495 Fair use? may be, and may be not. Fairey work recicles various techniques and subjects from the public domain to convey meaning or to energize an old message. His printing work remainds me of 'HATCH SHOW PRINT:the great American Poster Shop' from Nashville, Tenn. An important figure in the printing American tradition. His Obama poster was a convination of his own style delveloped after Obey giant,Obama's google image(reversed) and heavily influenced by'Bill Monroe' poster created by Hatch Show Print. In my opinon, Fairey did convine enough elements into his work to make it his own. It seems AP wanted some credit( and money) for the succesful Obama poster. If the material,the subject is up there in the public domain, if personalized should be ok to do it for artist and designers as well. Some of the biggest artist and designers of all time have done it before, the problem now is that every one want to have a slice of the cake, no matter what. Fair use? may be, and may be not. Fairey work recicles various techniques and subjects from the public domain to convey meaning or to energize an old message. His printing work remainds me of 'HATCH SHOW PRINT:the great American Poster Shop' from Nashville, Tenn. An important figure in the printing American tradition. His Obama poster was a convination of his own style delveloped after Obey giant,Obama's google image(reversed) and heavily influenced by'Bill Monroe' poster created by Hatch Show Print. In my opinon, Fairey did convine enough elements into his work to make it his own. It seems AP wanted some credit( and money) for the succesful Obama poster. If the material,the subject is up there in the public domain, if personalized should be ok to do it for artist and designers as well. Some of the biggest artist and designers of all time have done it before, the problem now is that every one want to have a slice of the cake, no matter what.

]]> By: Brian http://www.gomediazine.com/design-articles/ask-the-readers/shepard-fairey-sued-obama-poster/comment-page-7/#comment-175099 Brian Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:52:39 +0000 http://www.gomediazine.com/?p=4236#comment-175099 Not making profit from an image doesn't allow the user the right to use the image. If that were the case I'd expect to see Mickey Mouse skinning a cat and doing who knows what to it and Disney saying hey that's ok because the person redrew him from an image he got off <a href="http://Disney.com" rel="nofollow">Disney.com</a>.<br><br>I agree that it's next to impossible for you and I to go to a ralley, get just the right photo and then do our artwork so I'm not crucifying the artist of the usage of the image. I just hate it when someone says "Hey I'm not making money on it, it must be ok". Not making profit from an image doesn't allow the user the right to use the image. If that were the case I'd expect to see Mickey Mouse skinning a cat and doing who knows what to it and Disney saying hey that's ok because the person redrew him from an image he got off Disney.com.

I agree that it's next to impossible for you and I to go to a ralley, get just the right photo and then do our artwork so I'm not crucifying the artist of the usage of the image. I just hate it when someone says “Hey I'm not making money on it, it must be ok”.

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