Fairey confesses to deceiving AP

While he’s a creative artist, it’s clear Shepard Fairey is a not-so-creative breaker of copyright law, and has now fessed up. And fessed up to a whole history of deception:

"After the original complaint was filed, Mr. Fairey realized his mistake. Instead of acknowledging that mistake, Mr. Fairey attempted to delete the electronic files he had used in creating the illustration at issue. He also created, and delivered to his counsel for production, new documents to make it appear as though he had used the Clooney photograph as his reference."

No wonder his lawyers quit on him.

I hope the AP throws the book at him, and this is the start of a toughening enforcement of print and photo fair use standards.

And, that said, the artwork you see above is a parody of Fairey; where will it now stand?