Another example of why copyright needs to be reformed

As I mentioned previously, copyright law is broken. Today’s example of the failings of Fair Use come from the Associated Press. The AP is now suing Shepard Fairey - the guy that made those iconic Hope and Change Obama Posters (of which I have the magnets on my fridge) for copyright infringement. Basically he took a common photograph and created something original and iconic. In my mind this is fair use and something creative based on cultural influences. Interestingly enough the artist states that he just did a Google image search and riffed off it. We absolutely need to fix our copyright law in favor of the artist and creator. Shame on you AP. Stop wasting our time. Here are some more details from Techcrunch.