Thursday, April 21, 2011

Professor Weird Al Teaches Lady Gaga The First Amendment



Courtesy Boing Boing, Lady Gaga refused to let Weird Al make a parody of her song with proceeds to charity, so he claimed fair use and released it anyway.

Maybe Weird Al can get hired at YouTube's Copyright School to put the First Amendment into the curriculum?

More on parody here. Boing boing's analysis here.

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