At 05:55 PM 9/28/00 -0400, Martin L. Shoemaker wrote: >At the same time, I suspect Weird Al scrupulously acquires whatever >permissions he can before releasing his song parodies. The man's an awfully >visible lawsuit target otherwise. I've never looked at my CD sleeves to see >if there's licensing indicated on them or not. He always asks, as a courtesy, and doesn't use the song if the artist objects. He doesn't _have_ to ask though. There was an issue a while back with Coolio's "Gangster's Paradise" (Weird Al's "Amish Paradise"). Apparently there was a miscommunication between Weird Al's people and Coolio's people. Al was under the impression Coolio was okay with it when he really wasn't. He went ahead and did Amish Paradise, and Coolio spoke out angrily at an awards ceremony. He didn't, however, have any legal recourse. -Damian ------------- For more information, please link to www.opengamingfoundation.org
