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Weird Al asks permission from every artist he parodies.
by VibrantClarity 3mo ago
Weird Al asks permission from every artist he parodies.
- handoflixue 3mo agoBecause he is polite, not because he is required to. The Supreme Court has confirmed this.
- VibrantClarity 3mo agoThat's debatable and would have to be proven in court. Weird Al's works aren't really critiques of the original songs so a parody defense would be very difficult to make. One could argue that the humor in his lyrics could have been set to another tune to the same effect, making his appropriation of copyrighted material unnecessary and therefore not fair use.