Unlicensed Face of "Hope"

So the street artist that created the now (in)famous picture of Obama with the word "Hope" underneath it based the image on an AP photograph.

And AP ain't happy about it.

Personally, I always thought those "hope", "change" and "vote" posters had a whiff of fascist propaganda about them - you know, like those old Nazi Germany and Communist Russia posters.

Anyhow, what really bothers me is that it has already been added "to the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington."

Isn't it a tad early to be put in a major museum?