Canadian artist seeks apology, retraction from U.S. Congressman Steve King over ‘hijacked’ illustration GlobeArts
A Canadian artist is demanding a full apology and retraction from controversial U.S. Congressman Steve King, alleging copyright infringement over an image the Iowa Republican used in a controversial Facebook post.A Canadian artist is demanding a full apology and retraction from divisive U.S. Congressman Steve King, alleging copyright infringement over an image the Iowa Republican used in a Facebook post.
The image appears to be identical to an illustration Mr. Waszul created for The New York Times to illustrate a review of a book about Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election. The image Mr. King posted to social media included “disturbing” alterations to the accompanying text, as described in the letter written by Mr. Waszul’s lawyer. Posted in mid-March, it went viral.The illustration portrays two blocky figures engaged in a fistfight, reminiscent of the Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots game.
The image was used “countless” times, according to the legal letter, and became the subject of much media attention. Mr. Waszul learned about the image when reading the Washington Post that week. “My first assumption was that the Post was somehow using the image without permission but when I clicked, the situation turned out to be much much worse,” Mr. Waszul wrote in an e-mail to The Globe. “After a quick Google search it became apparent one of my proudest illustrations was being dragged through the news cycle behind Steve King.
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