Intellectual Property Asshole Competition: OBEY vs AP
Who is the bigger intellectual property asshole? Is it the artist who has amassed a small fortune based on “appropriation” yet still sends cease and desist letters to other artists for appropriating his work?
Or is it the largest (and only) US based nationally-oriented news service which fails to recognize “fair use” even when it literally stares them in the face?
I have created hand painted canvases of Shepard Fairy’s Obama Hope poster, and Mannie Garcia’s Associated Press photograph and put them for sale on my website here and here.
….. stay tuned for updates on the winner.
(For those unfamiliar with the Shepard Fairy / Associated Press intellectual property battle over the Obama Hope poster, here is a good place to start.)
(via evan-roth.com)
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James Powderly added these pithy words on May 20 09 at 10:32 amyou ever wonder why FAT never gets C&D’d no matter who we steal from or defame? I think its cuz we’re nobodies. you have to matter to get one of those… it’s a credential, like getting splashed.
i hope the chinese guy you had paint that sues you first ;)
Richard Kaufman added these pithy words on May 20 09 at 11:51 amKaufman’s Legal Offices
Wednesday Match 20, 2009Dear Evan Roth
It has come to my attention that you have made an unauthorized use of my copyrighted work entitled Hope (the “Work”) in the preparation of a work derived therefrom. I have reserved all rights in the Work, which was first published in 2008 on the internet, and I have registered the copyright.
Your work entitled “Sue me motherfuckers” and which appears on your web site at http://fffff.at, is essentially identical to the Work and clearly used the Work as its basis.
You neither asked for nor received permission to use the Work as the basis for “Sue me motherfuckers” nor to make or distribute copies of it. Therefore, I believe you have willfully infringed my rights under 17 USC Section 101, et seq. and could be liable for statutory damages as high as $100,000,000.
I demand that you immediately cease the use and distribution of all infringing works derived from the Work, and all copies of it, and that you deliver to me all unused, undistributed copies of it, or destroy such copies immediately, and that you desist from this or any other infringement of my rights in the future. If I have not received an affirmative response from you by [date] indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, I shall consider taking the full legal remedies available to rectify this situation.
Sincerely,
Richard Kaufman
James Powderly added these pithy words on May 20 09 at 12:06 pm@ Kaufman
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weston added these pithy words on May 20 09 at 12:09 pmi will send an email to the ap, see what they say.
Evan Roth added these pithy words on May 20 09 at 12:12 pm@Geraldine:
The document filed to the court by Shep is full of great copy famo images:
http://boingboing.hexten.net/images/x09/FILED_Fairey_Answer_and_Affirmative_Defenses.pdf
bennett4$enate added these pithy words on May 20 09 at 1:29 pmthis fucking rules – is this a new section of media/internet art? “Flame Art” perhaps?
also I think we all know that whichever asshole “wins” will merely be coming in second to the #1 asshole who came up with this project idea, a certain E. Roth.
Randy added these pithy words on May 20 09 at 3:16 pmYou are undervaluing your paintings. That is the true crime of this. I’ve seen crappier works being sold for considerably more gracing the walls of crepe restaurants. You should up the price before I buy both, put them up in my museum and have a million copies printed for sale in the gift shop.
chro added these pithy words on May 21 09 at 1:09 amI’m glad to see people come out and call out shep-ly for being the tool asshole he is (as well as the AP). To many people kiss his balls, bout time he is knocked a few notches down.
Lk added these pithy words on May 22 09 at 7:46 pmShep was called out by Phantom, an artist in LA – watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDUzLe6-YVk
Also see http://disobeyduhfairey.vox.com/
PB added these pithy words on May 27 09 at 2:14 am<img src=”http://www.fffff.at/fuckflickr/data/kopyfamo/20090326023958_obama-hope.jpg”>
David added these pithy words on Jun 04 09 at 5:47 pmBrilliant.
gaia punk added these pithy words on Jun 06 09 at 8:11 amAll hail the pirates!!!
forget Shep
forget AP
just Love GRL
Jerrem added these pithy words on Jun 07 09 at 5:11 amEvan this fucking rocks!
keep up the good work.
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Birthday gift baskets added these pithy words on Jan 28 10 at 4:05 amAwesome! Some really helpful information in there. Bookmarked. Excellent source.
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