Comments on: Absolut Bull$#!%

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

That's fascinating — everyone seems to be picking on "The Wind Done Gone" case, me included. Mostly because it ended happily.

On my blog, I mentioned the case of the floating VW Beetle that National Lampoon did long before you were born. I think it would still make the conservatives happy. Of course, it didn't have a happy ending.

"The Wind Done Gone" was a great book, BTW. I finished reading it Sept. 10th, 2001, and the next day wrote a quick message to someone suggesting they'd enjoy it. They wrote back telling me to turn on the TV, and that they might never laugh again.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the support! We haven't given up just yet. There should be an article in the City Paper next week and David and I will be on McIntire's radio show on KDKA this evening (10 or 11PM?).

We do plan on taking this as far as we can.

(Someone sent me the "The Wind Done Gone" case as well.)

By: Funky Dung

Funky Dung — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I'd didn't pick the WDG case, per se. It's what's listed in Wikipedia under parodies and copyrights.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

FD:

How's it feel to be a liberal wingnut who doesn't care about the law?

Check out Justin Lollie's blog.

You liberal, you!

By: Advocatus Adolescenti

Advocatus Adolescenti — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Technically, a parody must comment on the object it is parodying. It's a stretch with the Campbell case, but would not apply at all here. In order for this to be parody, you'd have to somehow be commenting on Absolut. That's not the point of the ad, so it becomes "political commentary" or some such thing…and is slightly less protected.

By: Funky Dung

Funky Dung — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

As far as I know, what Weird Al does qualifies as parody. Most of his parodies don't comment on the band whose song's he's borrowed.