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Using copyrighted material for commentary or satire, even to make money, even if the original was commercial, should be heavily protected.
by Kalium 8y ago
Using copyrighted material for commentary or satire, even to make money, even if the original was commercial, should be heavily protected.
- delta1 8y agoIsn't Weird Al Yankovic a great example of this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic
- dfxm12 8y agoNot exactly, because he always gets explicit permission from the original artists to parody a song. A great example would be someone who doesn't get such permission.
- Kalium 8y agoWeird Al always gets explicit permission from artists whose songs he releases parodies of on his albums. He's got an additional repertoire of songs he only performs but never records, some of which I believe he was denied permission for. It's still legal.