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You're getting at least two things confused. The EFF has nothing to do with "information wants to be free". You may be thinking o the Free Software Foundation? But copyright laws are in no way...

The photo is actually pretty neutral on it's own; it isn't presenting a particularly positive or negative message about the candidate. It doesn't even seem to be a photo that is particularly known...

I don't think this is particularly "transformative" usage of the photo. The text is barely relevant to *that particular photo* -- they just needed any photo of the candidate for the mailing. This...

Conrad, why do you think anyone who disagrees with this usage is a liberal? It's about copyright, not politics.

The photographer whose copyright was violated for the Obama "Hope" poster said: (as...

This photo is not particularly representative of Quist's campaign; it was just one of many photos posted on his Facebook page. If it was something that was the "face of the campaign" -- like the...

Fair use is applicable for criticism of the work, in this case the photo. But the photo is not what is being criticized; it is the candidate. The criticism here is not particularly tied to *this*...

The photographer didn't intend the photo to send *any* message. And the image doesn't seem to be particularly associated with the campaign in any meaningful way; they just used it because it is a...

It's not really fair use; it isn't really a transformative instance if you just stick words on a photo. It's actually more like a commercial use than an artistic one, since they're using it for...