AP Seeks Credit, Compensation For Obama’s ‘Hope’ Poster

“On buttons, posters and websites, the image was everywhere during last year’s presidential campaign: A pensive Barack Obama looking upward, as if to the future, splashed in a Warholesque red, white and blue and captioned ‘HOPE.'” Artist Shepard Fairey based the image on an Associated Press photo. “The AP says it owns the copyright, and wants credit and compensation.”