Shepard Fairey Lawsuit

Shepard Fairey, the designer known for "HOPE" poster created for the Barack Obama campaign in 2008, was sentenced for two years probation for fabricating evidence during the legal battle with the associated press over the poster. Because Copyright laws are very fuzzy and there's blurred lines when it comes down to cases like the one associated with Fairey. My personal opinion is that if he wouldn't have tampered with the evidence it wouldn't have been seen as serious a crime. Yes he did use someone else's photograph but it just does seems like its taken a little bit to the extreme to have him thrown in jail for this. Depending on how much money the Associated Press made for the photograph should be in direct relation to how much Fairey should owe them. He created the work of art, not the Associated Press.