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Re: Re-using copyrighted code

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Date 2013-06-10 12:40 -0700
Subject Re: Re-using copyrighted code
From Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.2981.1370893264.3114.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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> Weird Al can be a complex case, because sometimes his songs are true parodies, and sometimes they're more satires.  Parody has a pretty firm history of being protected under fair use, and Weird Al's MJ-inspired songs ("Fat" and "Eat It") are clearly parodies.  (As is his more recent Lady Gaga sendup "Perform This Way", while his Star wars saga "The Story Begins" and Coolio-esque "Amish Paradise" are more like satires).
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> So in the case of Weird Al's Michael Jackson parodies, he would be protected under law if MJ had decided to sue.

Not entirely.  The use of the musical tune is not a parody, only the
lyrics.  But if, like you say, he did get permission, then he is safe.

But you bring up a point of *criticism* which is distinct from re-use.
-- 
MarkJ
Tacoma, Washington

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Re: Re-using copyrighted code Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 14:08 -0700
  Re: Re-using copyrighted code Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2013-06-09 18:17 -0700
  Re: Re-using copyrighted code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-10 05:31 +0000
    Re: Re-using copyrighted code Malte Forkel <malte.forkel@berlin.de> - 2013-06-10 08:42 +0200
      Re: Re-using copyrighted code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-11 02:48 +0000
    Re: Re-using copyrighted code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 17:17 +1000
  Re: Re-using copyrighted code llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-06-10 09:29 -0700
    Re: Re-using copyrighted code Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 20:32 +0100
    Re: Re-using copyrighted code Mark Janssen <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2013-06-10 12:40 -0700
      Re: Re-using copyrighted code llanitedave <llanitedave@veawb.coop> - 2013-06-10 13:36 -0700
    Re: Re-using copyrighted code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-11 06:09 +1000

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