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    Image of Flashman Flashman
    10/18/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    Wikipedia (for some reason!?) has an interesting comparison of the actual source image with the one that Fairey claimed to have used:
    [en.wikipedia.org] #shepardfairey
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    10/18/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    [www.art-for-a-change.com]

    i like to post this link on every story about shepard fairy. his worst crimes were against art, for which he remains unpunished. #shepardfairey
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/18/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    Gawker,

    I have never been so happy with a front page. It seems like douchebags across the nation, from Fairey to Heene to Johnston, are getting their come-uppance.

    Thank you Gawker for bringing to the fore the righteous justice being meted out to the douchiest among us. #shepardfairey
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    His lawyers apparently told the other side he had lied to them and they asked the court to be let off the case. These are not average lawyers- two are the heads of the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society. I really do love the name of that place. One is a law professor at Stanford , and I am not sure about the law firm in San Francisco. They took the case to set a legal precedent but it went left really quickly. #shepardfairey
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    Worse, he lied to Terry Gross! #shepardfairey
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    Image of MincnglyWhrdL'mer MincnglyWhrdL'mer
    10/18/09

    @Maxichamp: UNACCEPTABLE !!! #shepardfairey
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    if he would have licensed the ap photo there wouldn't have been a problem #shepardfairey
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    The heart sinks a little. #shepardfairey
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    Image of rgspb rgspb
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    Does this mean the Associated Press is racist? #shepardfairey
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    Image of ninety_nine ninety_nine
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    #fairusesandwichmaker #shepardfairey
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    Image of Tremonius Tremonius
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    I think the guiding Supreme Court decision was in Warhol v. Us whereby it was determined you can replicate a Campbell's can if there's no soup in it.

    It's a good precendent in many fields. #shepardfairey
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    Image of MissNormaDesmond MissNormaDesmond
    10/18/09

    @Tremonius: Okay, I totally thought you said "if there's no poop in it". #shepardfairey
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    10/19/09

    @MissNormaDesmond: Yep, it's Campbell's homeopathology program; they start with an item that renders symptoms similar to ptomaine, that being ordure and cholera, and they dilute it until there are no trace elements left. Presto, no ptomaine. Isn't it amazing what you can discover in threads long after the train has left the station? #shepardfairey
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    Good. Now maybe that tired old image and its moronic variants will go away. I sure hope so. #shepardfairey
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    10/17/09

    @Novaload: You do know that this is Obama's fault and he should have to step down for this. He sat there at the NPC knowing that his photo would be taken. It should have been easy enough to figure out that the photos he was so brazenly posing for would years later be used by an artist who had not licensed the image. Hitler did the same fucking thing and well you know what happened with that guy. #shepardfairey
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    Image of Cicada Cicada
    10/18/09

    @adiam7: This just shows that everyone ever associated with Obama is a corrupt lying Chicago thug. They are worse than Hitler's SS.

    FEMA CAMPS!!!!!!!

    BTW, there is a pink commenter making this argument in earnest. Yay internet crazies. #shepardfairey
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    Image of adiam7 adiam7
    10/18/09

    @Cicada: As much as I laugh at the nuts and their creative spelling I suppose I should be frightened but after 8 years of he-who-shall -not- be named I am so desensitized to stupidity and scary people (Cheney will do that to a girl) #shepardfairey
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    Image of belltolls belltolls
    10/17/09

    In reply to Obama 'Hope' Poster Artist Shepard Fairey Lied In Court, Lied To Bloggers, Covered Up Evidence
    I HOPE he is sorry. #shepardfairey
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    Image of Conchie Birdie Conchie Birdie
    10/17/09

    @belltolls: That would definitely be a change I could believe in. #shepardfairey
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    Image of Beau Nerd Beau Nerd
    10/18/09

    @Conchie Birdie: But is it change he can afford? #shepardfairey
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