43(B)log begins the slog into the swamp of parody, satire and I-have-a-great-idea-you-set-up-the-camcorder-and-we’ll-lipsynch-the-pokemon-song, that is YouTube.
Parody? Unhappy?
Mind The Gap Netween Commercial and Non-Commercial
IPKat discusses this.
WSJ ON Parody and Coulrophobia
Parody Gone Wild; Milk Gone Bad
PETA created a parody of the GIRLS GONE WILD video style to make a statement about milk. Girls dancing in bars raise their t-shirts to display udders. ABC refused to show it (as an aside, it’s interesting that PETA was prepared to spend $2.2 million).
The banned MILK GONE WILD commercial is available here.
If You Are A Canadian IP Attorney . . .
. . . we would be happy to hear your views on the agreement described in this NY Times article, that bars use of footage from political debates on parody shows.
Jones Day Lawyer Target Of Spoof Site, Wins Injunction
Coulrophobia In International Affairs
Kazakhstan, taking the bait, has protested comedian Sacha Baron Cohen’s portrayal of Borat, a fictitious Kazakh.
Borat’s fictional website here.
Panexa: Ask Your Doctor For A Reason To Take It
You can’t make this stuff up. A variant of the parody defense is the argument that the target of the parody doesn’t exist. More on a demand letter sent to a fictitious company here.