The LA Times reports: "Artist Shepard Fairey is facing a criminal investigation in connection with his admitted misconduct in the ongoing legal case with the Associated Press."
Not good.
Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento says: "To what extent will this affect the merits of the 'fair use' argument is unknown." But, as Ben Shefner points out, "the civil copyright case may now be the least of his worries."