find at least 5 examples of 'parody'
creators of parody may be faced with questions of copyright infringement. make notes to explain your viewpoint with regard to each example. Also look for Examples where someone has made a complaint against the parody.
Have these ready for the next class in powerpoint for discussion.
Wanna-ben
I worked on two series of "Wanna-Ben" in Auckland and the first year, each episode had a song parody. New lyrics were created based on the tune of a hit song and we shot a video to go with it. The next year, they only shot one. I was told that they thought they were covered by parody rights but weren't and retroactively had to pay lots and lots and LOTS of money in royalties for using the songs.
Ben Explaining NZ parody laws to Weird Al Yankovich
Botox Face
Botox Face is a parody of Lady Gaga's Poker Face. I love this parody because it skewers the song and singer and plastic surgery. But I love it most because I worked on this video and made the dancing syringes, did all the make up, made the costume, and that's my hand injecting Ben's b-b-botox face!
Sesame Street's Dr. Feel
Sesame Street Game of Thrones parody "Game of Chairs"
It's not a good parody unless you can recognize who is being satirized. Both of these Sesame Street parodies are spot-on homages to the original subject matter while still containing uniquely Sesame Street characters and situations. And fortunately, US laws permit it.
SNL's Real Housewives of Disney (parody)
Why doesn't SNL ever get sued?
Parody Lawsuits Revisited
What What (in the butt) video by Samwell
South Park What What parody
South Park wins lawsuit
"In November, Brownmark Films sued over a 2008 South Park episode entitled Canada on Strike in which the character Butters re-created an Internet video sensation from the singer Samwell.
Samwell's super silly video for What What (In the Butt) was downloaded more than 41 million times on YouTube and featured on PerezHilton and VH1's Best Week Ever.
Brownmark claimed the re-creation of its music video constituted copyright infringement.
In response, Viacom said it was a parody and fell squarely within "fair use" exceptions to copyright.
A Wisconsin federal judge agrees, making the rare step to affirm "fair use" at the summary judgment phase."
Brownmark said their copyright had been infringed while South Park said the Fair Use exception to copyright law allows them to mock viral videos, a social happening, with a parody of a viral video.
Twitter parody account could get you sued
"Unfortunately for the parody account holder, they forgot to add some pretty basic safeguards against such lawsuits into their account. Twitter stipulates that all parody accounts should be clearly labeled as such, using a word like “fake”, “not” or “fan” in the username and the profile name. They should also be clearly labeled as a parody within the bio, and should not try to mislead users into believing that it is the real company or individual that it is parodying."
R.Crumb sued by Disney for Mickey Mouse satire 60s or 70s?
Disney's Influence over Copyright Law
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