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  • Obama ‘Hope’ Artist Pleads Guilty To Contempt

    02/25/2012 10:05:21 AM PST · by AtlasStalled · 3 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | 02/24/12 | Chad Bray
    The Los Angeles artist behind an iconic poster that became a symbol of President Barack Obama’s campaign four years ago pleaded guilty to a criminal misdemeanor Friday stemming from his actions during a copyright dispute over the poster. * * * At a separate bail hearing Friday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Levy said prosecutors are likely to seek some term of imprisonment in the case.
  • Lying artist ‘Hope’less (Shepard Fairey faces up to 6 months for contempt)

    02/25/2012 10:04:09 AM PST · by dead · 7 replies
    NY Post ^ | February 25, 2012 | BRUCE GOLDING
    The artist who created the iconic “HOPE” poster for President Obama’s 2008 campaign faces up to six months in the slammer for lying in court papers about the source of his inspiration... < snip > Fairey, 42, admitted undertaking an elaborate scheme to make it seem that he used one Associated Press photograph of Obama “as a reference” for his famous image, when in reality he had used another AP image. He made the false statements as part of a lawsuit he brought against the AP to block a potential copyright claim. “Violating the court’s trust was the worst thing...