On Mon, Apr 19, 1999, Robert E. Jones, III <rjones[_at_]robjob.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/16/99, Michael R. Juhre <michael.juhre[_at_]aig.com> wrote:
> >
> > Re: copyright/parody issues, the last case I'm familiar with on this
> > issue is the infamous Dr. Seuss case. I believe the decision in that
> > case would SUPPORT the right of rotten.com to make fun of Dilbert.
>
> Do you have a web location for this decision? For some reason I thought
> that case went against the parody and for Dr. Suess' estate. But I
> haven't read the whole opinion so I could be wrong.
It is posted at http://www.yu.edu/cardozo/journals/cardlrev/vogel.pdf
The case found for the plaintiff on the basis that the defendant's work was deemed a "satire" (using a second party's copyrighted work to make fun of a third party) rather than a "parody."
Michael R. Juhre
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Received on Tue Apr 20 1999 - 17:40:36 GMT
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