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treestar

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6. This seems to be contempt of court, not whatever he did

Reply to HiPointDem (Original post)

Wed May 2, 2012, 09:33 AM

May 2012

The whole matter would be civil - there must be something in the civil procedure that he refused to comply with - which is rarely going to be necessary in a civil suit.

Maybe the guy is just temperamental and can't follow boring rules of civil procedure.

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Shepard Fairey Pleads Guilty Over Obama ‘Hope’ Image (Feb) [View all] HiPointDem May 2012 OP

I don't know how I can sleep at night knowing that Shepard Fairey could be walking free. Ian David May 2012 #1

Yeah, and the story is from February. GoCubsGo May 2012 #3

Seriously??? Skidmore May 2012 #2

I want the copyright on the word "fuck." Ian David May 2012 #4

He denied using the photo, destroyed evidence, and sued AP. That's what he did. HiPointDem May 2012 #9

A sad day in society when artists are jailed. nt Javaman May 2012 #5

This seems to be contempt of court, not whatever he did treestar May 2012 #6

He sued AP when they asked him to acknowledge his use of their image. Then HiPointDem May 2012 #11

and ansel adams is just a serial shutter clicker.. frylock May 2012 #7

Shepard Fairery traces other people's work without attribution and copyrights the images. HiPointDem May 2012 #8

This guy is notorious. WTF?! vaberella May 2012 #10

haters gonna hate frylock May 2012 #12

tell me when the millionaire rebel stops defending his own copyrights. HiPointDem May 2012 #13

How can this be considered "hating"? OriginalGeek May 2012 #15

Whoa obamanut2012 May 2012 #14

Game.Set.Match. Earth_First May 2012 #16

fairey = representative capitalist entrepreneur of our times. doctor's son, born on third base. HiPointDem May 2012 #17