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JeffB
08-02-2004, 03:40 PM
Has anyone seen this Jib Jab parody yet? :D

http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/af/content/this_land_af
giddyup
08-02-2004, 03:43 PM
This was posted a week or so ago, then I saw it on the national news. Lawsuit baby!
RocketMan Tex
08-02-2004, 03:43 PM
Ummm, this has only been the subject of fifty thousand threads during the last two weeks.

Admins, you may fire when ready.
Sir Jackie Chiles
08-02-2004, 03:44 PM
Originally posted by RocketMan Tex
Ummm, this has only been the subject of fifty thousand threads during the last two weeks.

AT LEAST :). I could swear I have seen at least 10 threads about this!
Mulder
08-02-2004, 03:48 PM
http://www.simplifiedsigns.org/late.jpg
DaDakota
08-02-2004, 04:26 PM
Still for those of you who have not seen it, the clip is a riot !

DD
Kimble14
08-02-2004, 04:56 PM
Two thoughts:

1) Anyone else think Mulder's picture came from the liner notes for OK Computer?

2) I think Woody Guthrie's estate is suing JibJab (or maybe JibJab is suing the estate, I'm not sure) over this song. It was made without the permission of the estate, and it could arguably be said that the song isn't a parody of "This Land Is Your Land" (which would be OK copyright-wise, since that would be fair use), but rather a parody of Bush, Kerry, et al. that happens to use "T.L.I.Y.L." (which wouldn't be OK under fair use). Debate and discuss. :) (This was on Slashdot, but I'd rather see what non-idiots have to say about the subject.) Personally, this is about as gray an area as conceivable, but I'd have to side with the Guthrie estate on this one.
giddyup
08-02-2004, 05:14 PM
Can't the parody be about both the vehicle (the song) and the subject (Bush and Kerry).

Anytime you change up the lyrics aren't you in parody-land? The parody of the two candidates needs no explanation. That thing was really funny.

Do you think the music publishers object or do they just want a paycheck?
DonnyMost
08-02-2004, 06:43 PM
http://www.ahajokes.com/cartoon/grandma.jpg
JeffB
08-02-2004, 07:41 PM
http://www.acclaimstockphotography.com/_gallery/_SM/0028-0401-1915-3828_SM.jpg
You guys are mean. :( :D
DonnyMost
08-02-2004, 08:06 PM
http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/images/2002/worry.gif