
Oct 20 - By Hillel Italie, AP National Writer
In court papers filed by The Associated Press, the news organization said Shepard Fairey concocted the story that he was mistaken about which photo he used to create the famous Obama HOPE poster and disputed his contention that he has not personally profited from the iconic red, white and blue image.

Oct 16 - By Hillel Italie, AP National Writer
Artist Shepard Fairey, who recently admitted concealing a key mistake in a lawsuit over his use of an Associated Press photo in his famous Barack Obama "HOPE" poster, said Saturday that the error should not be viewed as "premeditated and sinister."
Sep 30 - By Associated Press
A former sheriff's deputy is claiming responsibility for posting manipulated images of President Barack Obama wearing a Nazi uniform on the doors of three northern Idaho schools.

Aug 13 - By Melissa Eddy, Associated Press Writer
Debate is raging in Germany over whether a campaign poster using a now infamous photograph of Chancellor Angela Merkel in a deep-cut evening gown is cleverly ironic or downright tacky.

Jul 10 - By Melissa Trujillo, Associated Press Writer
The artist who created the "Hope" poster of President Barack Obama was sentenced to two years of probation Friday after pleading guilty to three vandalism charges. Prosecutors dropped 11 other charges.
Jun 2 - By Bob Salsberg, Associated Press Writer
Prosecutors in Boston have dropped 14 vandalism charges against the street artist who created the "Hope" poster of President Barack Obama.

May 21 - By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press Writer
An Israeli tourism poster is being pulled from the London subway after the Syrian Embassy complained that the map on it appeared to show the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories within Israel's boundaries, officials said Friday.

Mar 10 - By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Writer
The Associated Press countersued an artist Wednesday over his famous image of Barack Obama, saying the uncredited, uncompensated use of an AP photo violated copyright laws and signaled a threat to journalism.
Feb 7 - By Jay Lindsay, Associated Press Writer
A street artist famous for his red, white and blue "Hope" posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said Saturday.

Feb 4 - By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Writer
An artist who created a famous image of Barack Obama before he became president sued The Associated Press on Monday, asking a judge to find that his use of an AP photo in creating the poster did not violate copyright law.

Oct 12 - By Hussein Dakroub, Associated Press Writer
In polarized Lebanon, flaunting a political leader's poster can be enough to spark a gunfight. So shopkeepers on Beirut's al-Maamoun Street are breathing a little easier now that "poster disarmament" has been declared.
Sep 4 - By Associated Press
Germany's defense minister has condemned as an insult to the country's troops an anti-war poster that calls the death of a soldier in Afghanistan a "step to disarmament."
Mar 5 - By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writer
Juan Pablo di Pace didn't mind that a Royal Opera House poster showed him naked. He didn't even mind the air brushing.
Feb 14 - By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press Writer
London's transport authority has refused to display a poster featuring the 16th century "Venus" by German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, saying it is overtly sexual.
Apr 24 - By Associated Press
The Supreme Court refused Monday to get involved in a fight over a Jesus poster that a New York kindergarten student submitted for a class assignment on ways to save the environment.