How to Use the #blockchain to Riff Artwork, Sell PDFs, and Otherwise Gain Economic Control of Your…
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How to Use the Blockchain to Riff Artwork, Sell PDFs, and Otherwise Gain Economic Control of Your PropertyEveryone recognizes the iconic red-white-and-blue stencil portrait of Barack Obama. But it’s not as common knowledge that this famous image, already much copied and parodied, was the subject of a difficult #property-rights legal battle.The story goes like this:In late 2007, artist Shepard Fairey created the most iconic political poster of the 21st century: a stencil portrait of Barack Obama with the word “Hope” written under it. However, it wasn’t an entirely original work: Fairey explored with Google Image Search to find a photograph of Obama shot in 2006 by freelance AP photographer Mannie Garcia and used it as the basis of his historic poster. He didn’t license the photograph and (...)