Copyright

On yesterday's CBS Sunday Morning, there was a segment on Shepard Fairey, the man who designed the now-famous poster of Obama in blue & red hues with the word HOPE across the bottom. Time magazine first published this image on its front cover. Fairey transformed the image to icon status. It was amazing to hear him discuss "fair use" of the image for his artistic purposes. This was reinforced by a museum director, confirming that Fairey's use transformed the original into something completely different. Here's the article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/22/sunday/main4818530.shtml