Shepard Fairey gets two years probation in Obama 'Hope' poster case

[rhombusleech]

Shepard Fairey gets two years' probation in Obama 'Hope' poster case - latimes.com

"Shepard Fairey, the Los Angeles street artist, has received a sentence of two years' probation and a $25,000 fine in his criminal contempt case involving his "Hope" poster of Barack Obama. The sentence was handed down Friday morning in a New York court."

[robschwager]

Meh.

[lil_tuffy]

People keep posting this as if it's an arts issue. The case with the AP was settled and this was about his destroying and fabricating evidence.

[squeegeethree]

Shoulda flipped that on the horizontal.

[Tread]

Obey

[clinttw]

Yeah, I'm reading that the case is about the fact that he created false documents to support his defense, which he should most likely be prosecuted for. Has nothing to do with the artwork anymore.

[Sash]

1 thingz 4 shore; u wont b see-ing that HoPe pstr in '12 electoin

[GiganticPanda]

I can tell you one ting fo sho, dat Hope posterz gonna be astro expensivz on ebay init.

[GiganticPanda]

my bad, it's bootlegged to living buggery. I cant see AP going for all these small outfits printin them off their inkjets and selling them on.