Shepard Fairey who designed the "Hope" poster of president Obama, has been arrested in Boston on warrants that accuse him of tagging property with graffiti.
Fairey was in Boston for his first solo exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Apparently the cops determined that property had been tagged in two locations with graffiti based on the Andre the Giant street campaign from earlier in Fairey's career.
Fairey will be arraigned on a misdemeanor charge Monday. A spokesperson for the Suffolk DA said Fairey would also be arraigned on a separate graffiti case in the Roxbury section of Boston.
This is the latest hassle facing the artist who is involved in a copyright dispute with AP over the Mannie Garcia photo - part of the inspiration for the Obama "Hope" poster. Fairey argues that his use of the photo is based on "fair use," which allows some exceptions to copyright law, among other factors - how much of the original is used, what the new work is used for and how the original is affected by the new work.
Aren't there any serious crimes going on in Boston that the cops could be chasing up?
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