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To: Deb
If he has a lawyer he must have been told you can’t sue over parodies or satires

That depends.

If the actual Henley recording was used and the parody was just in the video itself, then it is a copyright infringement. If the song was changed and made into a parody, then it is fair use.

I have a feeling that the actual recording of Henley's may have been used. If so, then DeVore could be in a load of trouble.

22 posted on 04/20/2009 12:16:36 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (Somebody stole my tagline)
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To: P-Marlowe

Doesn’t Limbaugh use copyrighted songs on his show? I know there was some stink about the group that does his opening theme (was it Chrissy Hyde?), but it didn’t go anywhere because Limbaugh pays royalties for its use. I thought there was some legal way around it. If you pay for it, you can play it. Something like that.


32 posted on 04/20/2009 12:24:41 PM PDT by chimera
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To: P-Marlowe
If the actual Henley recording was used and the parody was just in the video itself, then it is a copyright infringement.

I haven't seen the videos but I think you are correct if that is what happened.

50 posted on 04/20/2009 1:03:02 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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