Forum (Forum & Focus)
Dec. 31, 2008
When the Joke Is on Your Client
Distringuishing between jokes and satire for fair use purposes is no laughing matter, Michael Donaldson explains in his new book. - Forum Column
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By Michael Donaldson Often your clients confuse three different and distinct concepts - parody, satire, and jokes. Here is a simple way to clarify this for your clients. A parody is an imitation a work that comments directly on the work and therefore is allowed to take quite a bit from the work that is the subject of the comment. A satire comments on some broad aspect of society. Often, it is evaluated liberally under the fair use doc...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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