TweetFrom the inception of the curious g blog back in February 2009, I have been really fortunate. Whenever I get blocked or stuck for a new post, I can always rely on the “Shepard Fairey fair-use-HOPE-poster-copyright-infringement-on-AP-photo case” to supply a small infusion of intrigue and, oh yeah, law. I feel attached to this case and […]
TweetChalk up another victory for the reclusive J.D. Salinger. A federal judge has banned US publication of the book, 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye, by Swedish author Fredrik Colting. The book contains a 76-year-old version of Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye. Colting’s book was not considered parody, […]
TweetOn 7 february, the curious g published the entry, Shepard Fairey, how have you created?, in response to the usage debate over the Obama image in Fairey’s poster. The topics of “fair use” laws and content excerpting are front and center these days, particularly since Web advertising is way down. Sites such as The New […]
TweetNot meaning to beat a dead horse, it seems that the “iconic” Obama poster is center stage again. This time though, it has nothing to do with the Obama camp. The feud is between the Associated Press (AP) and Shepard Fairey, the artist, who “transformed” the photo into the Obama brand. It focuses on the […]