In the latest development in the ongoing ShepardFairey copyright lawsuit over his appropriation of an Associated Press image for his iconic Hope poster, the judge in the case is now asking the artist to name names — specifically to say who, if anyone, was involved in helping him allegedly tamper with evidence that revealed the AP as the photo's source. U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein has also ordered Fairey’s lawyers to “disclose relevant documents that were deleted or destroyed from Fairey's files and when the deletions or destruction occurred.”

The renegade Los Angeles artist sued the AP last year on the grounds that his famous campaign poster for Barack Obama was protected by fair use, and that he used a different photograph for the image than the one they accused him of appropriating. In January, however, Fairey admitted that he had doctored evidence in the case and admitted that he had used the picture taken by AP photographer Mannie Garcia, prompting a criminal investigation.

The judge is now asking for the details of how the artist's computers were searched for evidence, which might shed light on how and why certain documents were destroyed. Related to the ongoing copyright suit, the judge  also ordered that Fairey’s lawyers present the financial records related to Internet sales of the poster within the next two weeks.

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