ON THE RECORD: Jan 25, 2014: Terrell Jermaine Starr  (News One) reports "AP To Zimmerman: Stop Using Our Photo Or Else!" Starr reports that "With $2 million in debt hovering over his head, Zimmerman has become something of a wanna-be artist since a Florida jury ruled him not guilty in July of shooting Trayvon Martin dead back in February of 2012. He has been selling “art” mocking America and, incredibly, it has fetched a handsome amount of money. One piece sold for more than $100,000, according to ebay. His most recent piece of artwork, titled “Angie,” is a doctored AP photo of Angela Corey, the woman who prosecuted him (poorly) during his murder trial last summer." The Associated Press, however, isn't keen on the idea of Zimmerman selling a photo which belongs to them. Starr says "the news agency’s spokesman Paul Colford said as much in an email to Politico:“George Zimmerman clearly directly copied an AP photo to create his painting of Florida State Attorney Angela Corey,” Colford said. “The AP has sent a cease-and-desist letter asserting its copyright in the photo to the lawyer who recently represented Mr. Zimmerman. That lawyer has responded, and though she no longer represents Mr. Zimmerman, she will be forwarding the letter to him today.”
Huffington Post: AP Threatens Legal Action Over George Zimmerman's New Painting
USA Today: AP says Zimmerman painting is copy of AP photo
Washington Post: AP says Zimmerman painting is copy of AP photo

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