Comment on Congressman Gaetz: "Robots should not be subject to Free Speech" (I'm Not a Robot)
Nastybutler@lemmy.world 4 months agoWeird Al either changes the lyrics (parody) or makes a polka version of the tune with the original lyrics. Still immune from lawsuits. He doesn’t have to get the artist’s permission. He does it out of courtesy, because he’s a good human being
You don’t need permission for true parody but changing the lyrics (unless you do so to comment on the original work or author) isn’t that.
Take Amish Paradise. It commented a bunch on the Amish. But it didn’t say anything about Coolio or Coolio’s work.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Would say “protected from losing lawsuits” by my understanding. If lawsuits were NBD that’d be pretty pedantic, but they can still be costly to win.
The law might give you a nearly bulletproof defense, but defending yourself saps a lot of mental energy, time, and money.