Shepard Fairey's WWF poster not ripped off

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Talk about great timing! The World Wildlife Fund unveiled this new Earth Hour 2009 poster yesterday. See a larger version here. Created by "Obama Hope" artist Shepard Fairey, the ad would have gotten about zero publicity under normal circumstances. Except, of course, Fairey's in hot water with the Associated Press, which claims the artist infringed its copyright by using one of its photographs as the basis of the famous Obama image. So, Shep's Google hits are through the roof, and the WWF goes along for the ride.

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