"Fair-Use?" Fairey Poster
This illustration references the fair-use claim at the root of Shepard Fairey's "Hope" poster controversy. (Check out this NYTimes article, if you're just joining the conversation).
As cited, this is an unabashedly derivative work based on Cliff from Arlington VA's photograph and, of course, Fairey's own illustration (rights of which are currently in dispute). The illustration was done on the occasion of Fairey's publicly admitting to falsifying evidence in the fair-use case.
Download hi-res version for royalty-free use (CC 3.0 license) via Wikimedia Creative Commons. Print your own copies and post throughout your neighbourhood to keep the conversation about fair-use, artist-as-icon, and reference versus appropriation alive.
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