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            In order to properly discuss appropriation, the term “fair use” must be defined. Google defines fair use as “the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder.” Of course looking at this definition, the part that sticks out is copyright material may be quoted verbatim. However in the appropriation of art for other uses, the original art is often changed and modified with sufficient enough work that the new image no longer resembles the image that was appropriated. Three case studies will examines the usage of fair use and appropriate and how they are favored in the art world.

            Anyone who was alive for the last eight years have no doubt seen the “HOPE” campaign images supporting Barack Obama. The artist, Shepard Fairey, used an image of Obama from the Associated Press to create the poster and it wasn’t until two years later that anyone realized the where the source image came from. After this, a copyright lawsuit was filed. Unfortunately, Fairey destroyed evidence and falsified documents to cover up his usage of the AP photo leading to a completely undermining of his case to fight for fair use. Furthermore, Fairey and the AP settled their civil case before a judge could truly make a decision upon the fair use of the image. A decision would have been extremely important to the fight for fair use and setting the precedent for future artists in defining this gray area.

            This leads into the next argument, why hasn’t Girl Talk been sued for his usage of copyright material in his music. Greg Gillis, known as Girl Talk, is a mash up artist; someone that combines varies musical tracks into a completely new track. The most important reason why Gillis has not faced legal proceedings is because he has a solid argument for fair use. Lawyers are urging any upset musical artists affected by Gillis’ music to not waste the time to sue. They believe that any court decisions made upon a court case such as this will create a fair use precedent for all music if the case favors Gillis. The idiom “let a sleeping dog lie” comes to mind. Musical artists are advised to not sue over the use of one song since it can lead to all of their music becoming available to everyone if fair use wins in the end.

            The last copyright case to examine is between photographers Ryan McGinley and Janine Gordon. Gordon sued McGinley claiming that many of McGinley’s images are based off of her photos. This raises the question “where does inspiration cross the line and leads to plagiarism?” However, looking through the article and the evidence photos submitted, it is clear that this is not a case of plagiarism. As Rob Haggart states in the article “there’s nothing that hasn’t been done before so if you’re not allowed to draw inspiration from and take little parts of other photographers and artists work there’s nothing to take pictures of. I think the case will be impossible to prove in court”. That’s exactly what happened as well. The judge presiding over the case threw it out stating that the images were different enough to sufficiently say that plagiarism has not occurred. However, this was mostly a battle over court fees and despite what the judge would have ruled; Gordon used the court system to get McGinley to stop using her style as inspiration.

            These three cases are good examples of copyright material and free usage clashing. Also, we see that artists use the legal system, not only to settle important matters of copyright material but also, to threaten other artists to stop and desist their work. Fair use is a concept that is still being worked out in the legal system and an official precedent still has not been set. Issues are usually worked out case by case and are settled before going before a judge because if the judge rules in favor of the person harmed by the appropriation fair use would be harmed: but if the ruling is in favor of the person who performed the appropriation then fair use would gain strength and it would become a much more common practice to see appropriation of copyright material. In general, some waters just have to be tread carefully.

Sources

1)    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110112/10170012637/ap-shepard-fairey-settle-lawsuit-over-obama-image-fairey-agrees-to-give-up-fair-use-rights-to-ap-photos.shtml

2)    https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090707/0237205466.shtml

3)    http://petapixel.com/2011/07/14/at-what-point-does-inspiration-turn-into-copyright-infringement/