On 18 November 2010 15:49, Seb Bacon <[email protected]> wrote: > That's interesting about parody, I didn't know that.
There were some earlier cases that suggested it was OK, but the judiciary used to find it easier to see exceptions than they do now (eg it used to be fine to copy a map to add more up to date information to it). > > Although I mainly thought it was nonsense on the grounds it was fair > use -- am I wrong on that too...? Well, there's no "fair use" in English law (not any more), but in US law the Supreme Court have recognised that parody can be fair use. -- Francis Davey _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
