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Stories · 4

  1. Jib-Jab Releases New Bush and Kerry Parody

    Politics · Politics · · posted by michael · from the sing-it dept. · 77 comments
    AKAImBatman writes "Our friends over at JibJab have just released a new flash movie called, 'It's Good to be in D.C.'. As per 'This Land', this movie pokes fun at both Bush and Kerry, with some stop-overs for the Vice Presidents former, current, and hopeful. Check it out before they get sued off the 'net again!"

  2. JibJab Wins - 'This Land' is Public Domain

    News · Court · · posted by CmdrTaco · from the well-that-was-easy dept. · 628 comments
    The Importance of writes "JibJab, creators of the hilarious parody of Woody Guthrie's 'This Land is Your Land' featuring Pres. Bush and Sen. Kerry, were first threatened with a lawsuit and then, with the help of EFF, went to court first in a pre-emptive strike. Well, EFF discovered that the song has actually been in the public domain since 1973 because it was first published in a songbook [PDF] in 1945 and the copyright was never renewed. The case has now been settled. Here are some addtional links."

  3. JibJab Sues for Fair Use of Right to Parody

    Yro · Court · · posted by timothy · from the dark-side-of-the-farce dept. · 273 comments
    An anonymous reader writes "A few days ago, Slashdot mentioned that JibJab was threatened by a copyright lawsuit. Well, it looks like JibJab decided to sue first with the help of the EFF. Lots more info here." (Here's the Bloomberg News article.) Update: 07/31 20:43 GMT by T : Seth Finkelstein has posted the court info on his website.

  4. Parody or Satire? Threat To Sue JibJab

    Yro · Censorship · · posted by timothy · from the ask-roy-orbison dept. · 710 comments
    The Importance of writes "Internet multimedia producers JibJab have been getting a lot of attention recently for their version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" that pokes fun at Bush, Kerry and America in general. Now, JibJab is being threatened with a copyright lawsuit by the rights holders. They've already contacted EFF and there is an ongoing debate about whether the flash animation is protected parody or infringing satire."