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If there's zero chance of needing a lawyer at some point, it's way more likely to actually happen. Vivien Send a noteboard - 04/01/2012 10:43:23 PM
Although parody is protected, there's still a risk of legal trouble and a lawyer arguing that your work isn't really parody and it's not different enough from the original.

In terms of direct quotes/paragraphs- authors actually do this a lot with works that are in the public domain. It's pretty common to have a quote or a poem written by someone who died long ago at the beginning of a chapter. That's not a parody...


Parody is a valid form of "creative" work that doesn't usually infringe copyright. If it did, those hideous parodies like Date Movie and Scary Movie wouldn't exist.

The only way they'd have infringed copyright is if they'd used actual scenes from the films they parody - or for books, actual paragraphs from those books.
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Why Johnny Can't Read Any New Public Domain Books In The US: Because Nothing New Entered The P.D. - 03/01/2012 11:33:34 PM 1786 Views
I find it difficult to see this as stealing rights from the public. - 04/01/2012 11:15:35 AM 920 Views
Are you arguing for illegal use of legally protected works? - 04/01/2012 09:34:18 PM 849 Views
No. I'm saying that keeping works in copyright doesn't stop them from being read, watched, etc. - 04/01/2012 10:24:50 PM 857 Views
That's not the point, though. - 05/01/2012 01:05:17 PM 903 Views
???? - 05/01/2012 03:22:58 PM 875 Views
Re: ???? - 05/01/2012 04:04:21 PM 918 Views
not to mention public libraries *NM* - 05/01/2012 03:21:04 PM 494 Views
Blame Disney. *NM* - 04/01/2012 05:48:00 PM 629 Views
I don't get it. - 04/01/2012 05:51:19 PM 1139 Views
You know those Jane Austen parodies? Only because Jane Austen is in the public domain. - 04/01/2012 09:32:20 PM 943 Views
Parody is actually covered by the legal definition of fair use so doesn't break copyright. - 04/01/2012 10:28:08 PM 925 Views
If there's zero chance of needing a lawyer at some point, it's way more likely to actually happen. - 04/01/2012 10:43:23 PM 947 Views
Regarding quotes or poem lines, they ask permission for those. - 05/01/2012 07:48:08 PM 802 Views
Answering you specifically - 05/01/2012 04:57:33 PM 878 Views
But that doesn't make sense. - 05/01/2012 07:18:08 PM 1038 Views
Here's the gist of it. - 06/01/2012 04:18:29 PM 877 Views
Patents and copyrights aren't meant to last forever (shouldn't, anyway) - 04/01/2012 10:33:30 PM 907 Views
I know they aren't. I don't necessarily agree that they shouldn't though. - 05/01/2012 05:01:05 PM 822 Views
Copyrights stifle creativity. - 05/01/2012 07:48:08 PM 910 Views
Re: Copyrights stifle creativity. - 06/01/2012 04:39:24 PM 1305 Views
Re: I know they aren't. I don't necessarily agree that they shouldn't though. - 06/01/2012 12:47:50 AM 840 Views
Why. - 06/01/2012 05:05:20 PM 1453 Views
That is a very confusing article. - 04/01/2012 10:19:22 PM 973 Views
Works published between 1923 and 1978 are different - 04/01/2012 10:25:16 PM 897 Views
Do you think it is right that Disney can protect its movies? - 05/01/2012 05:29:08 PM 850 Views
Ok, what has movies Disney done lately that were on par with its classics? *NM* - 05/01/2012 07:44:20 PM 386 Views
And speaking of Disney's classics... - 05/01/2012 10:06:16 PM 1004 Views
Until Disney discovered and copyrighted them, they obviouslty didn't exist. *NM* - 06/01/2012 12:58:55 AM 422 Views
Except of course they haven't copyrighted them... - 06/01/2012 01:53:01 AM 828 Views
nice theory but you can make a Little Mermaid movie if you want - 06/01/2012 02:48:47 PM 882 Views
Well, if corporations are now people, then maybe their copyright could be different? *shrug* - 05/01/2012 07:57:38 PM 998 Views
Do you really want corporations to be immortal? - 06/01/2012 12:50:11 AM 903 Views
In a sense, aren't they already? - 06/01/2012 02:42:53 AM 991 Views
Re: Well, if corporations are now people, then maybe their copyright could be different? *shrug* - 06/01/2012 01:18:04 AM 899 Views
It's a thorny issue and I largely agree with you - 06/01/2012 02:50:24 AM 924 Views
Huh... apparently, Mickey Mouse is already Public Domain anyway - 06/01/2012 07:30:36 AM 1082 Views
Can you back that up? - 06/01/2012 04:17:35 AM 1022 Views
Re: Can you back that up? - 06/01/2012 06:02:01 PM 815 Views
Re: the piracy issues - 06/01/2012 06:30:46 AM 1013 Views
Book piracy - 06/01/2012 05:21:40 PM 1115 Views
corporations have always had rights - 06/01/2012 04:08:12 PM 866 Views

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