This Use Is Fair Use: Corante

July 29, 2004

This Use Is Fair Use

Posted by Donna Wentworth

I'm appropriating Andrew Raff's especially apt title to announce that the cat has officially escaped the bag: EFF has taken on JibJab as a client. EFF's reply (PDF) to the latest threat letter (PDF) from Ludlow Music, Inc. discusses the recent debate over whether or not "This Land" is a true parody under copyright law, citing Copyfight author Ernie Miller and the good people over at The Blawg Channel.

Check out Ernie's post over @ Importance Of...; it's got a nice juxtaposition of the text in the Ludlow threat letter and EFF's reply, plus (as always) a whole lot more.

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