Taken from A.P.:
BOSTON — A street artist famous for his red, white and blue "Hope" posters of President Obama has been arrested in Boston on two outstanding warrants.
Shepard Fairey was in Boston on Friday night for an event kicking off his exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Police said they had warrants on Fairey from last month after he allegedly tagged property in Boston with graffitti based on his Andre the Giant street art campaign.
It was unclear if Fairey was being held on Saturday.
Fairey’s Obama image has been sold on hundreds of thousands of stickers and posters, and is the subject of a copyright dispute with The Associated Press. The 38-year-old Fairey, of Los Angeles, argues his use of the AP photo is protected by "fair use," which allows exceptions to copyright laws.
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How is there never any mention of the 300,000 he himself donated to the Obama campaign? Dont bother reading through the comments, they are all from the ignorant mainstream news-reading type. If you want some real news and a place to get it hit up Current.com they are usually pretty on point with the issues they cover.
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