Celebrate Fair Use in Art and Craft Day

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About Celebrate Fair Use in Art and Craft Day

UPDATE: We've changed the OFFICIAL date to MAY 1st to give everyone more time to work on their projects. But you can start uploading things to the flickr group anytime.

Tonight I was talking to my brother about the recent revelation that the AP is suing Shepard Fairey over his derivitive use of one of their photos in creating his iconic HOPE poster. We were both upset at what is obviously an attack on fair use. Essentially fair use is part of copyright law that allows limited use of others' copyrighted work. We feel that Fairey's poster is a clear example of the Transformative Factor of fair use.

We're hoping a groundswell of support for fair use and for Fairey might be created by actually exercising fair use. So we're inviting you to do just that:

On May 1st post to Flickr, your blog, facebook or anywhere else, a picture of art or craft you created exercising the transformative factor of fair use in the spirit of Shepard Fairey.

What can you do until then?

* Work on your craft or art
* Spread the word by linking, or tweeting to this blog post. (Here's a short sentence you can easily tweet or add to your facebook status: "Creating transformative work for Celebrate Fair Use in Art and Craft Day: May 1st, 2009."
* Sign up for the facebook event.