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The Associated Press sent George Zimmerman a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday for a painting he created based on an AP photo of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, the AP said in a statement.
Zimmerman's now former lawyer notified the AP she no longer represents him but said she will deliver the letter, AP spokesperson Paul Colford told us in an email on Friday.
"George Zimmerman clearly directly copied an AP photo to create his painting of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey," Colford said. "The AP has sent a cease-and-desist letter asserting its copyright in the photo to the lawyer who recently represented Mr. Zimmerman. That lawyer has responded, and though she no longer represents Mr. Zimmerman, she will be forwarding the letter to him today."
The photo was taken in 2012 during a press conference, when Corey announced Zimmerman would face a second-degree murder charge for the death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was eventually acquitted. Zimmerman's brother Robert tweeted a photo of the painting on Wednesday, announcing that it would be for sale.
The photographer, Rick Wilson, has retained a lawyer and told the Orlando Sentinel that Zimmerman can expect legal action in conjunction with the AP if he continues to use the image.
In 2012, the artist Shepard Fairey was found guilty of trying to conceal the fact he had used an AP photo of President Barack Obama to make his famous "Hope" poster.
I hope he moves and becomes your neighbor, then you can piss your pants daily! Get over zimmerman, he was found innocent.Hah! Told y'all he was going down for this.
AP sends cease-and-desist to George Zimmerman over painting - POLITICO.com
The Associated Press sent George Zimmerman a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday for a painting he created based on an AP photo of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, the AP said in a statement.
Zimmerman's now former lawyer notified the AP she no longer represents him but said she will deliver the letter, AP spokesperson Paul Colford told us in an email on Friday.
"George Zimmerman clearly directly copied an AP photo to create his painting of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey," Colford said. "The AP has sent a cease-and-desist letter asserting its copyright in the photo to the lawyer who recently represented Mr. Zimmerman. That lawyer has responded, and though she no longer represents Mr. Zimmerman, she will be forwarding the letter to him today."
The photo was taken in 2012 during a press conference, when Corey announced Zimmerman would face a second-degree murder charge for the death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was eventually acquitted. Zimmerman's brother Robert tweeted a photo of the painting on Wednesday, announcing that it would be for sale.
The photographer, Rick Wilson, has retained a lawyer and told the Orlando Sentinel that Zimmerman can expect legal action in conjunction with the AP if he continues to use the image.
In 2012, the artist Shepard Fairey was found guilty of trying to conceal the fact he had used an AP photo of President Barack Obama to make his famous "Hope" poster.
Lock him up...that's all it takes. He'll be dead within six months.
w00t! Justice for Trayvon!
The original source photograph Fairey based the poster on was not publicly known until after Obama had won the election. After a mistaken attribution to Reuters photographer Jim Young for a similar-looking January 2007 photograph, in January 2009 photographer and blogger Tom Gralish discovered that the poster was based on an Associated Press photograph by freelance photographer Mannie Garcia. It was taken at a 2006 media event with Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, where the actor George Clooney was raising awareness of the War in Darfur after a trip to Sudan he had taken with his father.[30][31]
On February 4, 2009, the Associated Press announced that it determined "that the photograph used in the poster is an AP photo and that its use required permission." In a press release, the AP announced they are in discussions with Fairey's attorney to discuss an amicable solution.[32] Fairey is being represented by Anthony Falzone, executive director of the Fair Use Project at Stanford University. Falzone is quoted in the press release, "We believe fair use protects Shepard's right to do what he did here."[32] Fairey subsequently filed a federal lawsuit against the Associated Press, seeking a declaratory judgment that his use of the AP photograph was protected by the fair use doctrine and so did not infringe their copyright.[33]
On October 16, 2009, Fairey admitted that he had based the poster on the AP photograph and had fabricated and destroyed evidence to hide the fact.[34] Fairey's admission came after one of his employees informed Fairey that he had discovered damning documents on an old hard drive. Realizing that these documents would expose his cover-up attempt, Fairey chose to come clean to his attorney.[8]
Photographer Mannie Garcia contended that he retained copyright to the photo according to his AP contract. He said that he was "so proud of the photograph and that Fairey did what he did artistically with it, and the effect it's had," but that he did not "condone people taking things, just because they can, off the Internet."[31] Fairey countered that his conduct did not constitute "improper appropriation" because he had not taken any protected expression from Garcia's original photo. In addition, he claimed his behavior would qualify as a fair use. At trial AP would have to address both arguments.[8]
A judge urged a settlement, stating that AP would win the case.[35] The AP and Shepard Fairey settled out of court in January 2011. In a press release, the AP announced that the AP and Fairey "agreed to work together going forward with the Hope image and share the rights to make the posters and merchandise bearing the Hope image and to collaborate on a series of images that Fairey will create based on AP photographs. The parties have agreed to additional financial terms that will remain confidential."[36]
In a separate criminal action, federal prosecutors suggested that Fairey should face prison time for the destruction of evidence in the case, with the government sentencing request stating that "A sentence without any term of imprisonment sends a terrible message to those who might commit the same sort of criminal conduct. Encouraging parties to game the civil litigation system…creates terrible incentives and subverts the truth-finding function of civil litigation."[37] However, his sentence was ultimately limited to 300 hours of community service and a $25,000 fine.[38]
paintings ugly anyway.
Hah! Told y'all he was going down for this.
AP sends cease-and-desist to George Zimmerman over painting - POLITICO.com
The Associated Press sent George Zimmerman a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday for a painting he created based on an AP photo of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey, the AP said in a statement.
Zimmerman's now former lawyer notified the AP she no longer represents him but said she will deliver the letter, AP spokesperson Paul Colford told us in an email on Friday.
"George Zimmerman clearly directly copied an AP photo to create his painting of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey," Colford said. "The AP has sent a cease-and-desist letter asserting its copyright in the photo to the lawyer who recently represented Mr. Zimmerman. That lawyer has responded, and though she no longer represents Mr. Zimmerman, she will be forwarding the letter to him today."
The photo was taken in 2012 during a press conference, when Corey announced Zimmerman would face a second-degree murder charge for the death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was eventually acquitted. Zimmerman's brother Robert tweeted a photo of the painting on Wednesday, announcing that it would be for sale.
The photographer, Rick Wilson, has retained a lawyer and told the Orlando Sentinel that Zimmerman can expect legal action in conjunction with the AP if he continues to use the image.
In 2012, the artist Shepard Fairey was found guilty of trying to conceal the fact he had used an AP photo of President Barack Obama to make his famous "Hope" poster.
Lock him up...that's all it takes. He'll be dead within six months.
w00t! Justice for Trayvon!
Lots of t-shirts available ...
But my favorite is ...
Oh the humanity!Just another predicable LIB lie. The AP sent George a fucking letter. That's all.
George wasn't "slapped" with fuck all!
A some people wonder why LIBs have such a bad reputation for blatantly lying.
AP is full of radical LIBs who convicted George months before the trial ended.
How hilarious and ironic that now if it looks like George might make some money selling something the AP is first in line demanding their cut. Talk about pure hypocrisy at it's finest.
Lots of t-shirts available ...
But my favorite is ...
I know that George was not "slapped" with a 'Cease and Desist' ORDER!!!!!!!!!!! as the LIB fuck-witt who started the thread claimed. You apparently do not.Just another predicable LIB lie. The AP sent George a fucking letter. That's all.
George wasn't "slapped" with fuck all!
A some people wonder why LIBs have such a bad reputation for blatantly lying.
AP is full of radical LIBs who convicted George months before the trial ended.
How hilarious and ironic that now if it looks like George might make some money selling something the AP is first in line demanding their cut. Talk about pure hypocrisy at it's finest.
Do you know the meaning of Cease and Desist... or what comes next?
I hope he moves and becomes your neighbor, then you can piss your pants daily! Get over zimmerman, he was found innocent.
I hope he moves and becomes your neighbor, then you can piss your pants daily! Get over zimmerman, he was found innocent.
So was OJ.
