Author
William Fisher, Shepard Fairey, Marita Sturken, Geoffrey Stewart
Description
This panel event presents and discusses copyright issues in appropriation art with special reference to issues raised by Shepard Fairey's 'Hope' poster of Barack Obama.
Date
2013 April 5
Abstract
The abstract provided by the author(s) of this work is as follows:
This recording was prepared for a special event for a course on Copyright Law, offered at Harvard Law School in the Spring of 2013, and for the CopyrightX course offered through EdX, also in the spring of 2013. The Harvard Law School students participated in the event in person and the EdX students participated in it virtually.
To learn more about CopyrightX, please see: https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/tfisher/CopyrightX_Homepage.htm
Commentary
CopyrightX is a three-month online distance-learning course offered by Harvard Law School , which explores copyright law and ongoing debates regarding reform through a combination of lectures, live webcasts, and seminars. Admission is free to anyone over the age of 13.
Publisher
The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
Institution
Harvard University
Jurisdiction
United States
Language
ENG
Size
01:45:39
Copyright Information
In Copyright
Rights and Reuse
CC BY-NC-SA 2.5
Cortex Citation:
William Fisher et al., “Appropriation Art,” Copyright Cortex, accessed October 18, 2026, https://copyright-cortex.org/tools-resources/appropriation-art.
William Fisher et al., “Appropriation Art,” Copyright Cortex, accessed October 18, 2026, https://copyright-cortex.org/tools-resources/appropriation-art.