Writer of "Wish Upon a Star" sues Fox for Family Guy parody

[Fritzo]

The "I Need a Jew" episode has been out for 4 years....

...this guy is just hearing about it now?

 

[Injury]

Sounds pretty stupid. If I recall things correctly, there's nothing anti-semitic in there. No more than the hanukkah song.

 

[eplebnista]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
The "I Need a Jew" episode has been out for 4 years....

...this guy is just hearing about it now?

If it wasn't for ATOT I would never had heard about it either because I typically don't watch those type of shows. :shrug;

 

[Quasmo]

If I recall Family Guy is covered under the parody clause in the copyright act.

 

[BrownTown]

Yeah, was about to say, parody is protected by law against such suits, I would assume a big network like Fox would make sure to have lawyers review the shows they were putting on to make sure no laws are borken.

 

[jagec]

Tomorrow: Weird Al forced to pay billions in copyright violations penalties for, well, every song he's ever made.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Yeah, was about to say, parody is protected by law against such suits, I would assume a big network like Fox would make sure to have lawyers review the shows they were putting on to make sure no laws are borken.

Well, the lawsuit isn't that it is stealing anything, the lawsuit is that it destroys the image of the original song by having antisemitical connotations.
Either way, it'll probably fail.

 

[Phokus]

Did the guy's lawyer tell him that he's going to lose miserably in court? If not, the lawyer should be disbarred.

 

[yowolabi]

Originally posted by: jagec
Tomorrow: Weird Al forced to pay billions in copyright violations penalties for, well, every song he's ever made.

Interestingly enough, Weird Al usually asks permission before doing a parody. I've heard him say he didn't do one because of objections.

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: jagec
Tomorrow: Weird Al forced to pay billions in copyright violations penalties for, well, every song he's ever made.

Ha and Saturday Night Live shoulda been off the air since well...day 1

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: jagec
Tomorrow: Weird Al forced to pay billions in copyright violations penalties for, well, every song he's ever made.

Interestingly enough, Weird Al usually asks permission before doing a parody. I've heard him say he didn't do one because of objections.

He got permission for an Eminem song, but didn't get permission to do an accompanying video, so didn't.
I'd assume the story is similar for his other stuff.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: yowolabi

Originally posted by: jagec
Tomorrow: Weird Al forced to pay billions in copyright violations penalties for, well, every song he's ever made.

Interestingly enough, Weird Al usually asks permission before doing a parody. I've heard him say he didn't do one because of objections.

He never asked me. I'd have said no to everything

 

[Phokus]

creating song parodies has to be the easiest job ever... you got the tune all you gotta do is replace the lyrics with something silly

 

[randay]

I neeeeed aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh jeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!