AP Claims Shepard Fairey Admits To Lying And Trying To Destroy Evidence; His C... - The Diigo Meta page

• 07 Nov 09
  

  Patrick O'Keefe
  • “admitted to the AP that he fabricated and attempted to destroy other evidence in an effort to bolster his fair use case and cover up his previous lies and omissions.”.
  • Fairey’s legal counsel “now admitted that Fairey tried to destroy documents that would have revealed which image he actually used” and that “he created fake documents as part of his effort to conceal which photo was the source image, including hard copy printouts of an altered version of the Clooney Photo and fake stencil patterns of the Hope and Progress posters.”
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  • • AP notes that Shepard Fairey’s lawyers are withdrawing from the case.
    • “We have not withdrawn as counsel for Shepard Fairey, and none of his other lawyers have, either. We have expressed our intention to do so at the appropriate time. There are lots of reasons lawyers may not be able to continue a representation, but in this case the underlying merits have nothing to do with that. We believe as strongly as ever in the fair use and free expression issues at the center of this case, and believe Shepard will prevail on those issues. We hope this unfortunate situation does not obscure those issues.”
    • Most recently, on Oct. 15, Fairey’s counsel informed the AP that they intended to seek the Court’s permission to withdraw as counsel for Fairey and his related entities.
• 18 Oct 09
  

  Jonathan Bailey

  130 fairey obama hope fairuse

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