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Registered...I have always loved your stuff. I have no idea why you and JimRob are at odds (I generally don’t pay attention to FR pissing contests), but I do have a couple of comments.

First, if components of the parody are protected by copyright then, as much as I hate to say it, you had no right to use the components in your work.

Second, since you have decreed that your work not be posted on FR, it seems a bit hypocritical to complain on FR about being sued for using material copyrighted by someone else in your publicly published work (even if it was for only 2 hours).

In other words, you appear to be complaining about being sued for doing something very similar to what you prohibited FR from doing. I know the comparison is not exact, but I’m talking spirit, not letter, of the law.

[Registered]

Thanks for the reply

First, if components of the parody are protected by copyright then, as much as I hate to say it, you had no right to use the components in your work.

Fair Use under copyright law allows it, as it allows snippets of published copyright work to be published here. However, in this case, it didn't even get that far. It was tossed for other reasons, like me (A Michigan resident) being sued in a NY court by a CA resident.

Second, since you have decreed that your work not be posted on FR, it seems a bit hypocritical to complain on FR about being sued for using material copyrighted by someone else in your publicly published work (even if it was for only 2 hours).

Oh, this goes (way) beyond FR. That is a point I am trying to make.

[Registered]

In other words, suppose you post a snippet on FR (or again, anywhere) from someone something has written on their blog or whatever. Could you be sued? The answer is probably yes. The Left uses the court system to promote their agenda and silence their opposition.

[NittanyLion]

In other words, you appear to be complaining about being sued for doing something very similar to what you prohibited FR from doing. I know the comparison is not exact, but I’m talking spirit, not letter, of the law.

Good summation.

[counterpunch]

First, if components of the parody are protected by copyright then, as much as I hate to say it, you had no right to use the components in your work.

That is incorrect. Parody clearly falls under "fair use" in copyright law.