Parody Law?

As long as you've created the content, it's considered fair use and yes you can make money from it.
 
I'll move this to the new copyright forum :)

I'm pretty sure that parodies are acceptable so long as you are significantly adding value and creating original content.
 
Mr. Lucky Shot said:
Hallo!

If I do a parody of a tv show, is it then fair use/legal?

Also are you allowed to make money of it?
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Parodies are a sensitive subject. Take a look at this case I found when I was doing my Business Law class a few weeks ago:
http://www.songrights.com/infringe.htm

This is also what my law book said:


"A copyright holder’s right in a work is not absolute. The law permits certain
limited unauthorized use of copyrighted materials under the fair use doctrine.
The following uses are protected under this doctrine: (1) quotation of the copyrighted
work for review or criticism or in a scholarly or technical work, (2) use
in a parody or satire, (3) brief quotation in a news report, (4) reproduction by a
teacher or student of a small part of the work to illustrate a lesson, (5) incidental
reproduction of a work in a newsreel or broadcast of an event being reported, and
(6) reproduction of a work in a legislative or judicial proceeding. The copyright
holder cannot recover for copyright infringement where fair use is found." (Cheeseman, 2013).

Also, look up the recent Beastie Boys copyright case. I guess people can disallow fair use of their work if they want, this is new news to me.
 
KGATV said:
If you, or someone else can recreate the theme song, I believe that's still fine. Using their theme song would be copyrighted.
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Okay, would it be enough just to change the lyrics?[DOUBLEPOST=1395244860,1395244801][/DOUBLEPOST]
Munchito696 said:
Parodies are a sensitive subject. Take a look at this case I found when I was doing my Business Law class a few weeks ago:


This is also what my law book said:


"A copyright holder’s right in a work is not absolute. The law permits certain
limited unauthorized use of copyrighted materials under the fair use doctrine.
The following uses are protected under this doctrine: (1) quotation of the copyrighted
work for review or criticism or in a scholarly or technical work, (2) use
in a parody or satire, (3) brief quotation in a news report, (4) reproduction by a
teacher or student of a small part of the work to illustrate a lesson, (5) incidental
reproduction of a work in a newsreel or broadcast of an event being reported, and
(6) reproduction of a work in a legislative or judicial proceeding. The copyright
holder cannot recover for copyright infringement where fair use is found." (Cheeseman, 2013).

Also, look up the recent Beastie Boys copyright case. I guess people can disallow fair use of their work if they want, this is new news to me.
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Can you cut that down to Non-lawyer speak? xD
 
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