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Shepard Fairey Pleads Guilty to Criminal Contempt in Obama 'HOPE' Case Although the fair use case was eventually settled out of court, infamous street artist Shepard Fairey plead guilty to criminal contempt in the 2009 case he filed against the Associated Press. The news agency countersued and accused him of violating copyright protections when he used one of their photographer's work in his iconic Barack Obama "HOPE" poster.

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