A friend of mine passed this clip on to me tonight, and I thought I'd share it with everyone, as it's relevant to our discussions on copyright laws (and it's pretty funny). The video, titled "Smell like a Monster" by Sesame Street is a spoof off of the popular Old Spice commercial.
As mentioned in class, a copyright protects the author's exclusive rights to publish, distribute, and adaptation. So do spoofs like this Sesame Street adaptation require permission from the original author?
But then there are a lot of spoofs out there especially in tv shows (snl), movies (scary movie), music (weird al). Could you really say that all these spoofs are infringing on the author's original copyright when they are producing their own version of the work?
ReplyDeleteRegarding Copyright Laws, this just came out today:
ReplyDelete"Britain's intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to "make them fit for the internet age," Prime Minister David Cameron has announced"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11695416