Oy vey
January 22nd, 2010 by Ron Coleman | Print
Originally posted 2009-03-09 12:11:57. Republished by Old Post Promoter
Consider the other side of the aggrieved vandalism promoter Shepard Fairey, of HOPE poster fame:
Obey the "Hypocrite"'s Lawyers!
Some guy in Pittsburgh sells little baby Steeler mascots with the phrase “Obey Steeler Baby.” Shepard Fairey demands that he stop infringing on his trademark, which he originally made famous by ripping off the image of Andre the Giant!
Well, if that’s who he ripped off, then he really does have guts, I guess!
UPDATE: Fairey’s got even bigger trouble than that.
March 9th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
LIKELY / CONFUSION Oy vey: Consider the other side of the aggrieved vandalism promoter Shepard.. http://tinyurl.com/c4vt6w
March 9th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
funny! the flipside of the Fairey fair use debate http://tinyurl.com/c4vt6w (RT @econwriter5 @RonColeman) [is flipside one or two words?]
March 10th, 2009 at 3:34 am
[...] (emphasis added; h/t gawker via likelihoodofconfusion) [...]
March 10th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Me thinks your dislike for Obama and the HOPE poster colors your thinking here.
March 10th, 2009 at 9:13 am
I don’t dislike Obama. I do think I dislike Fairey.
March 10th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Between this and his lying about which photo he used I am definitely starting to dislike Fairey (http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/02/a-problem-with-shepard-faireys-lawsuit.html). Sad when the ‘good guy’ turns out to be a bad guy.
March 13th, 2009 at 12:53 am
[...] is trademark infringement. Fairey has received criticism for this, mostly accusations of hypocrisy because he had to stop using “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” after getting legal threats [...]