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'Hope' Poster Artist Admits Photo Use

By HILLEL ITALIE
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NEW YORK (Oct. 17) -- Artist Shepard Fairey, who recently admitted concealing a key mistake in a lawsuit over his use of an Associated Press photo in his famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, said Saturday that the error should not be viewed as "premeditated and sinister."
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2009-10-17 17:02:22

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Shepard Fairey\'s claim that he had the right to use a news photo to create his famous Barack Obama HOPE poster became a widely watched court case about fair use that now appears to have nearly collapsed.