Waaaay back in November 2010, I wrote: > > A rendition of Samwell's 2007 hit "What What..." by SP character > Butters in a 2008 episode is now the subject of an infringement action > by the original vid's producers... evidently, they thought the parody > was going to result in income for them...they're still waiting, I > guess. This THR, Esq. page has both vids, plus another sendup > involving Jon Hamm, and links to a blogcritics article from just after > the SP version aired in which the producers are in a much-happier mood > about it: > > http://ow.ly/3aQSP > > The producer of the original video has now lost in court for the second time... first when the judge quickly saw the SP parody as obvious fair use, and again when the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals said he was right to do so... Electronic Frontier Foundation blog<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/06/what-what-appeals-court-affirms-southpark-parody-was-obvious-fair-use>
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