Fair

Wikipedia article on Shepard Fairey: [link]

Jump down to the sections titled:
"Critical response"
and
"Legal issues with appropriation and fair use"

Decide for yourself if he's a plagurist. Here's a comparison of some of the images he's created versus the originals: [link]

Two beefs:
1) Love Unites Shepard Fairey Equality Project? WTF?
I'm all for this project, and a name like 'Love Unites Equality Project' though long, would work ... Shepard Fairey's name in it makes it more memorable? Makes it roll off the tongue more easily?

2) The rules say no distinguishing artists marks; why does the template have Shepard Fairey's logo plastered on it? Or does that not count?

What is *really* going on here??

About the image:
I created this image for two reasons: As an attempt to keep both Shepard Fairey and FAIR honest in what that are about in this campaign and as a statement about ethics that would hopefully be able stand on it's own without context.

My other entries into this contest can be found here: [link]