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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by dylan604 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @09:52AM (#27006314)
I'm guessing the next Weird Al has already been disillusioned with the copyright ban hammer.
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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by throwaway17_17 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @12:10PM (#27007420)
Didn’t even need the next Weird Al. Al’s own YouTube videos were copyright claimed by his own label for violating copyright.
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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by JeremyNT on Saturday May 01, 2021 @10:57AM (#27006819)
Weird Al himself was well aware of this issue, and famously would only parody songs after receiving permission from the authors.
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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by grayclhn on Saturday May 01, 2021 @01:13PM (#27007905)
Permission from the authors is unfortunately different from permission by the copyright holders. IIRC Weird Al did it more for goodwill than legality.
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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by stordoff on Saturday May 01, 2021 @06:48PM (#27010589)
> Al does get permission from the original writers of the songs that he parodies. While the law supports his ability to parody without permission, he feels it’s important to maintain the relationships that he’s built with artists and writers over the years. Plus, Al wants to make sure that he gets his songwriter credit (as writer of new lyrics) as well as his rightful share of the royalties.

https://www.weirdal.com/archives/faq/

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