Parodies and Copyright

Submitted by roswellsgirl on Fri, 11/02/2007 - 8:21pm.
roswellsgirl
Posts: 7

My class participated in the Interwrite contest in which we had to make a music video that was a parody of a popular song.  We had a great time with our "Born to Be Wired" music video and would now like to create a PSA with a parody of a Disney song.  I see that parodies are ok under the fair use law, but I am not sure what I can legally publish and what is not ok.  Anyone have any specific information about parodies??

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Sat, 11/03/2007 - 8:19am
lumbrice
Posts: 1

My ears are perked up. We also entered the Interwrite contest with a parody of a song from My Fair Lady called, "All I Want is Technology". I'd love to know more about publishing this on the internet. We are still online: http://www.interwritelearning.com/contest/index.html



Sat, 11/03/2007 - 11:52am
roswellsgirl
Posts: 7

Loved your video. Our video didn't make it to the finals, but the kids had a great time and learned a lot while writing the song.  Now I want to do more.



Sun, 11/04/2007 - 1:54pm
joebjr
Posts: 21

I think it's OK, but I'm passing this one on to Hall.--Joe 



Mon, 11/05/2007 - 9:56am
joebjr
Posts: 21

OK, parodies seem to be covered but the definition is a bit vague, naturally. "Satire"seems to be the more "legal" term. Make sure you don't incorporate other copyrighted material like Karaoke CD's, etc. Take a look at http://www.benedict.com/ for some in depth research.    --Joe