Re: UK ban on parodies?

In message <2B760E703ED[_at_]law1.law.ucla.edu> cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org writes:
> Someone wrote:
>
> > [I]t is generally accepted that if someone attempted to release
> > that parody of the Michael Jackson song (I forget who did it but
> > it was called "Eat It") under current UK legislation, the composer
> > of the original song would have been able to prevent its release
> > because it was a derogotary treatment even if his publisher had
> > granted a licence.
>
> Is that true? The end of parody (unless authorized by the
> parodee), at least in the UK? Say it ain't so, Father William!
>
> -- Eugene Volokh, UCLA Law

It is so ss 80 - 83 of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.

I am pleased to say it does not seem to have reduce the actual amount of parody appearing in the media. The definition of derogatory is 'amounts to distortion or mutilation of the work or is otherwise prejudicial to the honour or reputation of the author or director

If Michael Jackson was not the author or director, he would not have the to object.

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