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Farewell to Shepard's "Fairey Use" Movement

It's no secret that we at Fast Company love an underdog. A little guy taking on a big guy? Bring on the popcorn. And before this weekend's events, we were rooting for artist Shepard Fairey's fair use case against the Associated Press. ...READ»

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YouTomb Shows Music Labels Stepping Up YouTube Copyright Crackdowns

Every month, thousands of videos are pulled off YouTube for copyright infringement and other user-flagged violations. A student organization at MIT called Free Culture has compiled a kind of online eulogizer for videos lost to ...READ»

Shepard Fairey Strikes Back! The Artist Breaks His Silence on the AP, Obama, and Warhol

We don't have to remind you of chapters 1 through 15 of the Saga of Shepard Fairey, in which the artist saw a photo, made a poster, got famous, got sued by the AP for seeing that photo, and subsequently suffered scathing criticism ...READ»