The iconic “Obama Hope” image created by street artist Shepard Fairey has now spawned no less than five copyright conflicts. The Associated Press’ first sued dispute with Shepard Fairey landed in court in 2009, with the wire service saying Fairey broke copyright laws when he created the artwork, because it…

Updated with comments from AP. The Associated Press settled its copyright lawsuit against Shepard Fairey over his Obama “Hope” poster last month, but a related case against Obey Clothing, which sold clothing emblazoned with the same Fairey image, is headed to a jury trial in a New York federal court…

After nearly two years battling it out in court, the Associated Press and street artist Shepard Fairey have agreed to settle their main copyright infringement lawsuit over rights in the “Obama Hope poster” and related merchandise. Neither side had to concede their point, though Fairey has promised that he will…

As street artist Shepard Fairey was finishing up his latest work last night on Houston St. in New York City, I stopped to talk with him about his ongoing legal battle with the AP. His dispute with the wire service concerns the rights to a photo he used to create…

Last month, artist Shepard Fairey filed a preemptive suit against the Associated Press with the help of Stanford’s Fair Use Project, asking a federal court for protection from claims of copyright infringement over his use of an AP photo for the basis of what has become an iconic graphic image…