Shepard Fairey Is Fined and Sentenced to Probation in 'Hope' Poster Case - NYTimes.com
By
RANDY KENNEDY
The artist Shepard Fairey, whose 2008
poster of Barack Obama became an optimistic symbol of the last presidential campaign before spawning a
bitter copyright battle with criminal overtones, was sentenced in federal court in Manhattan on Friday to two years of
probation and fined $25,000 for tampering with evidence in the case.
Government prosecutors had argued that Mr. Fairey should serve time for his actions and he faced up to six months in prison.
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