It can be both, and I believe it is. We are used to parodies changing the words and keeping the music essentially the same. This song changes the music, and keeps the lyrics largely the same, I believe that still meets the definition of parody that wikipedia proffers.
However, I was apparently incorrect in asserting that the legal sticking point had anything to do with parody. Instead the legal sticking point is that it is licensed as a cover, just as you alluded. (Though there seems to be some question about the wholly new parts that JC added, such as the duck quack.) The fact that the cover is parodical is not really a material fact. My bad.
The difference is, Glee ripped off JC's parody, not an original work. Parodies are expressly denied most of the protections afforded to original works.
On the other hand, from your description I'm guessing VP was not parodying parodies, but rather parodying non-parodical original works.
Christmas pie, not curds-n-whey. You're thinking of Li'l Miss Muffet.
(Reply w/ tasteless joke combining "Horner", "curds-n-whey", and Miss Muffet in 3... 2...)
This shifts wealth to those people who hold cash, a non-productive asset.
This increase real interest rates, deterring investments in productive assets.
I followed your line of reasoning until that last line. If you assume this cash is held in a bank, then these dollars are still lendable (even multiple times over, if you assume we haven't also done away with fractional reserve, along with this presumed return to a gold standard.)
Or, are you assuming that these wealthy people are squirreling all their gold-backed currency away under their mattresses?
C) Freedoms always come with responsibilities.
In fact, that really should be A)...
And, there is certainly room for regulation in a libertarian mindset, because you will always have to deal with the asshats who forget that freedoms always come with responsibilities.
I think you've just discovered for yourself the reason why it makes better sense to do the "capitalistic thing", and let the prices rise until demand matches supply. But, you seem to have a mental block that keeps you from reaching that conclusion.
You are correct, I didn't know that name in the context of text adventure games. I thought the GP was having a brain-fart, mentally conflating the name Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) with Douglas Adams (who had at least 2 adventure games in the 80's that I can recall, namely: Bureaucracy, and HHGttG)
In my defense, I didn't play many games. My parents bought me me a TRS-80 Color Computer, but weren't inclined to spend any money on games for it. My exposure to the Douglas Adams games was from a friend who had a Commodore 64.
Personally, I think automatic gearboxes are pointless if you're healthy and not somehow disabled.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to hold onto the steering wheel, work the clutch, talk on the phone, eat a messy taco, *and* have to shift gears manually? Do you *want* me to get in an accident, or something?
Compressed air heats up and you need that heat to stay in the tank or you lose the energy.
Can you explain how that is a net loss, if all your power generation relies upon is the PSI? I do understand that air heats when compressed. But it also chills when decompressed, causing the heat that it released earlier to be sucked back in to the system....Is it perhaps that when the heat of compression dissipates out of the system, the PSI has been reduced?
What is the difference between these two outcomes:
1. Realizing you will later be on a bus/train/plane/car/deserted island with no connectivity, and preloading your sd card with content to consume during your adventure
2. Realizing you will later be on a bus/train/plane/car/deserted island with no connectivity, and preloading your device with content to consume during your adventure
?
Or, are you bemoaning the loss of opportunity to swap pre-loaded sd cards with your fellow travellers/castaways? Because if so, you could just do one of the following:
a. Trade devices for a while
b. Swap the files via NFC or bluetooth
No, Asia was at the beginning. Both the sun's and moon's apparent motion is East-to-West, but the moon's *actual* (monthly) motion is West-to-East. The moon's orbital velocity is faster than the Earth's rotational velocity (in magnitude,) so the shadow's net velocity is still West-to-East.
I have a better proposal. How about: the carriers charge more than the current market will bear, giving an opportunity for cheaper alternatives (such as, I dunno... Facebook messaging) to arise. Then the carriers start to see their SMS business dwindle away.
Oh wait, that's already happening. Gosh, and no regulation needed!
Since no one has-- as of yet-- rewarded my blatant attempt at karma whoring, nor called me out for my grammatical/spelling mistake, I'll do the latter myself:
"Should of" should've been "should've". Embarrassing...
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It can be both, and I believe it is. We are used to parodies changing the words and keeping the music essentially the same. This song changes the music, and keeps the lyrics largely the same, I believe that still meets the definition of parody that wikipedia proffers.
However, I was apparently incorrect in asserting that the legal sticking point had anything to do with parody. Instead the legal sticking point is that it is licensed as a cover, just as you alluded. (Though there seems to be some question about the wholly new parts that JC added, such as the duck quack.) The fact that the cover is parodical is not really a material fact. My bad.
The difference is, Glee ripped off JC's parody, not an original work. Parodies are expressly denied most of the protections afforded to original works. On the other hand, from your description I'm guessing VP was not parodying parodies, but rather parodying non-parodical original works.
Christmas pie, not curds-n-whey. You're thinking of Li'l Miss Muffet. (Reply w/ tasteless joke combining "Horner", "curds-n-whey", and Miss Muffet in 3... 2...)
Funny stuff. It's coincidences like this that make we want to anthropomorphise Irony.
Same here.
This shifts wealth to those people who hold cash, a non-productive asset.
This increase real interest rates, deterring investments in productive assets.
I followed your line of reasoning until that last line. If you assume this cash is held in a bank, then these dollars are still lendable (even multiple times over, if you assume we haven't also done away with fractional reserve, along with this presumed return to a gold standard.) Or, are you assuming that these wealthy people are squirreling all their gold-backed currency away under their mattresses?
C) Freedoms always come with responsibilities.
In fact, that really should be A)...
And, there is certainly room for regulation in a libertarian mindset, because you will always have to deal with the asshats who forget that freedoms always come with responsibilities.
Or, you could stop limiting yourself to 80 columns for your code...
I don't see the intent do defraud, here.
I think you've just discovered for yourself the reason why it makes better sense to do the "capitalistic thing", and let the prices rise until demand matches supply. But, you seem to have a mental block that keeps you from reaching that conclusion.
You are correct, I didn't know that name in the context of text adventure games. I thought the GP was having a brain-fart, mentally conflating the name Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) with Douglas Adams (who had at least 2 adventure games in the 80's that I can recall, namely: Bureaucracy, and HHGttG) In my defense, I didn't play many games. My parents bought me me a TRS-80 Color Computer, but weren't inclined to spend any money on games for it. My exposure to the Douglas Adams games was from a friend who had a Commodore 64.
Or even Douglas Adams, for that matter...
This might be a good way to terraform... might this create a volcanic island?
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
That joke ceased being funny, 10 years ago...
Do you have any idea how hard it is to hold onto the steering wheel, work the clutch, talk on the phone, eat a messy taco, *and* have to shift gears manually? Do you *want* me to get in an accident, or something?
Can you explain how that is a net loss, if all your power generation relies upon is the PSI? I do understand that air heats when compressed. But it also chills when decompressed, causing the heat that it released earlier to be sucked back in to the system. ...Is it perhaps that when the heat of compression dissipates out of the system, the PSI has been reduced?
What is the difference between these two outcomes:
1. Realizing you will later be on a bus/train/plane/car/deserted island with no connectivity, and preloading your sd card with content to consume during your adventure
2. Realizing you will later be on a bus/train/plane/car/deserted island with no connectivity, and preloading your device with content to consume during your adventure
?
Or, are you bemoaning the loss of opportunity to swap pre-loaded sd cards with your fellow travellers/castaways? Because if so, you could just do one of the following:
a. Trade devices for a while
b. Swap the files via NFC or bluetooth
The line is:
Or, you can claim this was a 'whoosh' moment.
No, Asia was at the beginning. Both the sun's and moon's apparent motion is East-to-West, but the moon's *actual* (monthly) motion is West-to-East. The moon's orbital velocity is faster than the Earth's rotational velocity (in magnitude,) so the shadow's net velocity is still West-to-East.
I have a better proposal. How about: the carriers charge more than the current market will bear, giving an opportunity for cheaper alternatives (such as, I dunno... Facebook messaging) to arise. Then the carriers start to see their SMS business dwindle away. Oh wait, that's already happening. Gosh, and no regulation needed!
That's amazing, I have the same combination on my luggage!
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and guess that you are one of those devs who insist that everyone keep their code less than 80 columns?
I used to make arrow-to-the-knee jokes, and then I took a vagina to the penis.
Since no one has-- as of yet-- rewarded my blatant attempt at karma whoring, nor called me out for my grammatical/spelling mistake, I'll do the latter myself: "Should of" should've been "should've". Embarrassing...
Because, you know, it's got electrolytes.