Flickr Deletes Obama Caricature – Flickr – Gawker.

It originally looked like Firas Alkhateeb, a Palestinian American University of Illinois student, had removed the caricature himself. But it turns out Flickr “removed the Joker image due to copyright-infringement concerns.” Because that doctored Time cover (above) could totally be confused with the copyrighted original, as opposed to, say, a transformative political satire!

As the Slashdot crowd has been quick to point out, there are all sorts of copyrighted and often doctored images involving George W. Bush (and others – NSFW) on Flickr. Meanwhile, Obama has opened the door to lucrative government contracts for the Yahoo-owned photo-sharing site.

7 Responses to “Flickr Deletes Obama Caricature – Flickr – Gawker”

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