Copy Write, Creative Commons, and Plagiarism Week 6

Plagiarism is a serious offence in school and the real world.  It is all about how someones personal original work is copied and used as another persons.  Which in my opinion is criminal on every level.  In this day and age where we all have very contrasting opinions, idea's, and creativity it would be very obvious to see the same thing twice and think there was some coincidence to it.  Another thing about all of this especially in the world we live in today with the internet making it so easy to use other people's work is Fair Use and Creative Commons.  A great example of this problem would be the case between AP (The Associated Press) and Shepard Fairey the man who used an image off google and created a piece of art.  I side on Fairey's side that under the Fair Use laws they made the picture unrecognizable which is the point. The definition of Fair Use is : a legal doctrine that portions of copyrighted materials may be used without permission of the copyright owner provided the use is fair and reasonable, does not substantially impair the value of the materials, and does not curtail the profits reasonably expected by the owner 1.   So if you think about it the use of the AP picture it was fair and reasonable it did not impair the picture it improved it and he did not take a single cent for the work.  So I believe he did nothing wrong at all.
   Works Cited:
Merriam-Webster
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fair%20use