[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.
Alan
alan at clueserver.org
Thu Mar 21 00:39:31 UTC 2002
On Wednesday 20 March 2002 16:50, Mark Morgan wrote:
> 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
They were not the only one that sued over the album. Casey Casem also got
pretty pissed off by the album.
BTW, I have a copy of it. It is pretty funny.
"And now, a death dedication for a dog named Snuggles..."
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