If you used a copyrighted song (just for it's music because you have the right people and equipment to play it differently) but changed the lyrics in a parodic, is it still breaking the copyright law?
2007-05-19 07:24:39 · 6 answers · asked by Eric C 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Lyrics
Yes, if it's the same arrangement (Vanilla Ice's lawsuit for his Ice Ice Baby sounding too much like Queen's song) Musicians are touchy about that--I think Weird Al has even gotten in a little trouble
2007-05-19 07:35:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parody is covered by the 1st Amendment, as long as it is clearly mocking the song and not trying to pass itself off as an original work it is exempt from copyright.
Kansas University of Law Alumni, 2003
2007-05-19 14:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by jessejamesbaker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is obvious of the roots of the music of the song and the parody is published then that will be copyright infringement.
2007-05-19 14:29:09 · answer #3 · answered by NukinHawg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you just change the lyric, then you still have to pay royalty for the use of the music. you can pay automatic royalty called 'mechanical rights' to the copyright office. but you do not need permission from the composer to use the material this way.
2007-05-19 17:43:59 · answer #4 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weird al does his parodies with permission from artist, but he did get in trouble with the guy who wrote gangsta parodice for some bullshirt even tho they agreed to let him sing Amish Parodise, so i think you have to have permission
2007-05-19 15:39:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not so long as you don't publish it ASAP. Do like I do and get it posted all over the internet under fake names. 8)
2007-05-19 17:31:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋