AP: proof Intelligence is not needed in Journalism

Guthrie Publisher Lets Cartoon Use Song

stick with me here



With nary a jab thrown, Ludlow Music, the song's publisher, agreed in a settlement Tuesday to allow the cartoon — one of the biggest Internet draws of the summer — to keep using the song.


In return, JibJab dropped a lawsuit against Ludlow that sought an order saying its use of the song was protected because it was a parody and "This Land" was in the public domain.



Hmmm so settling means you LET some one do something,

but wait folks it gets better


LiCalsi said JibJab's version of the song wasn't protected under copyright law because it targeted the election rather than the song itself. Protection under the fair use clause of the law requires that copyrighted material be the subject of the parody, he said.


JibJab's lawyers said Ludlow was misinterpreting the law and that the song in the cartoon clearly was a parody.


"'This Land' is known as an iconic song about national unity, and the JibJab parody is predominantly about the lack of national unity at this time," said Fred von Lohmann, an attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represented JibJab


if the idiotic argument actually made it to court i'd have to smack the judge

Parody songs need similar sounding lyrics to make their humor

if what LiCalsi said was true even weird al would be in court all the time