AP and Fairey to Share "Hope"

The legal battles over the use of an Associated Press photo in artist Shepard Fairey’s famous Obama “Hope” image has come to an end. Neither the AP nor Fairey surrendered their view of the law but the two sides have agreed to work together going forward and share the rights for posters and merchandise bearing the image.  In addition, the parties plan to collaborate on a series of images that Fairey will create based on AP photographs.

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