That can't always be true, because in the debacle over Amish/Gangstas Paradise he stated that he was misinformed that the original artist has OKed it as a matte

That can't always be true, because in the debacle over Amish/Gangstas Paradise he stated that he was misinformed that the original artist has OKed it as a matter of courtesy, but that he had parody freedoms anyway.