[WikiEN-l] Re: A Friendly Challenge to Sheldon Rampton

[Tom Parmenter]

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|Recently, US judges have ruled against creaters of satire on many occasions. 
|  I wouldn't trust it, or fair use for that matter.  We're better off 
|assuming fair use doesn't apply.
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|>I'm not particularly well-informed on this matter, but I vaguely
|>suspect exceptions for parody and fair use are the most likely
|>to be a problem.
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See http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody for court decision protecting
parody.