Character Approved and Arrested

Shepard Fairey, the "artist" behind the ubiquitous Obama posters has been quite busy of late.

He's been seen getting sued by the Associated Press for copyright infringement (a case I wish would go on ad infinitum because both sides deserve to lose, but one that Fairey would prevail because it was a fair use and there is sufficient differences between the original photo and the poster to merit separate consideration).

He's been character approved by USA Networks.

And now, he's been arrested on outstanding warrants for graffiti.

Shepard Fairey was in Boston on Friday night for an event kicking off his exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Police said they had warrants on Fairey from last month after he allegedly tagged property in Boston with graffiti based on his Andre the Giant street art campaign.

It was unclear if Fairey was being held on Saturday.

Gawker notes that this is like the 15th time he's been arrested on such charges, which include vandalism.

Character approved indeed.