[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.
Mark Morgan
lemming at attbi.com
Thu Mar 21 00:50:13 UTC 2002
Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> Consider parody, satire and political commentary. It's quite common for
> such work to consist of huge portions of, if not entire, copyrighted
> works. They are often commercial or promotional in nature. Yet, they are
> protected and use of copyrighted material within them is generally
> considered fair.
>
> If infringement is defined as NOT meeting ALL FOUR of the tests, then
> wouldn't the commercial nature of the satire or commentary make it
> automatically infringing?
Here's some info from the guys who got sued by U2 (well, Island
records...) and others for doing a parody. The book, "Fair Use" covers
the case pretty well.
http://www.negativland.com/intprop.html
-Mark Lemming
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