Why Is the AP Invoking the DMCA over the Obama Poster?
Tech Dirt, March 25, 2009
By Mike Masnik
Why is the Associated Press invoking an ambiguous section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in its lawsuit against artist Shepard Fairey for creating a poster of Barack Obama from an AP photo? The answer is a greater potential for statutory fines that can pressure Fairey into settling the case.
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