Here are two Copyright stories to discuss:

The first comes to me via lunas_ceiling

AP Alleges Copyright Infringement of Obama Image

This one is about that famous poster of Obama that was made by artist Shepard Fairey, whose attorney in this case just happens to be Anthony Falzone of Lexicon Trial fame.

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This reminds me of the essay I wrote about Andy Warhol's art prints early last year. He also copied famous photographs from the news to use as artwork, and he didn't face lawsuits for it. There was also the controversy last year when the AP tried to force bloggers to pay them by the word when quoting a story. I wrote two posts about that Here The AP probably held off suing Fairey until after the election because of the way bloggers attacked them about that issue.

The second tale of copyright woe is between the band Coldplay and guitarist Joe Satriani, who says the band ripped him off with the tune to "Viva La Vida," the title track to their last hit album (and one of my favorites!).

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Compare and Contrast the Tunes Here

This has nothing to do with actual "law" but my own opinion about an icon of Pop Culture.

I keep wondering what the late artist Andy Warhol would make of a famous author of a popular book suing a fan?


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