Quotes from Shepard Fairey at Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
![Shepard Fairey said [remix] is absolutely a case by case basis... I error on the side of letting people use my materials](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3463/3316395529_b3171d4302_o.jpg)
A couple nights ago I went to hear Shepard Fairey, Lawrence Lessig and Steven Johnson speak at Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy. I had pretty high hopes for the event that couldn’t possibly delivered on. Lessig spoke for about 30 minutes to put the case against AP in context. You can see the slides and hear it http://blip.tv/file/1821209. There’s a decent synopsis of the entire talk at PSFK. I’ve pulled some of the notable quotes from Fairey above. What disappointed me was that in one sense I’ve heard most of what Fairey has said before. Possibly because I’ve heard a lot of his interviews already and due to the nature of what he can say due to the lawsuit. I’m glad I went to see the talk in person, but I would have preferred to have had at least one person from an opposing pov there to cause a real debate.
Glad to hear you were able to go! These are all great quotes for Fairey – but they aren't really new.
I guess is that it would have been rather difficult for the organizers to arrange for a opposing side without getting somebody who actually hated all parties involved…
I think maybe they could have pulled out a prof from a nearby University who could have argued devils advocate in that case… but who knows!
Great quotes
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I haven't heard or seen these quotes before, so thanks for sharing. As a collage artist about to start a new project this morning, they made my day.
I'm interested in the opposite POV as well. This talk at NYPL from 2005 (http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/pep/pepdesc.c...) seems like there was a bit more of a multi-perspective conversation… I would suggest downloading the transcript… http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/imagespro...