To: Congressman Billybob
"Your answer to Corbis is excellent. If they have any sense, they will back off FreeRepublic after receiving it. In the event that they do not back off, here is a Plan B. Two years ago the US Supreme Court decided, in Roy Acuff Music v. U-2, that any use of copyrighted matter for a "parody or social commentary" is protected by the First Amendment. (U-2 had done a parody of Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" without asking permission.)"
Ironic, considering U-2's linfringement lawsuit against Negativland.
168 posted on
02/24/2004 5:42:46 AM PST by
adam_az
(Be vewy vewy qwiet, I'm hunting weftists.)
To: adam_az
I think it was 2 Live Crew who parodied "Pretty Woman", not U2.
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