AP dashes HOPE

AP's Hillel Italie reports on AP alleging copyright infringement in Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE image. Observers of journalism have noted the newsgathering service's often alarming slant on news toward Republicans and against Democrats. (Washington editor Ron Fournier almost became part of the failed John McCain presidential campaign.) AP also disapproves of quotation and linkage from their articles: this much falls under 250-word fair use. "The image, Fairey... acknowledged, is based on an [AP] photograph, taken in April 2006 by Manny Garcia on assignment for the AP...The AP says it owns the copyright, and wants credit and compensation. Fairey disagrees." [More bunkum at the link.]