#1 · Jul 30, 2008 23:32 UTC
This video conforms to youtube's terms of service. Youtube's ToS points to the following law regarding parodies and copyrighted material:
"In a parody, for example, the parodist transforms the original by holding it up to ridicule. Purposes such as scholarship, research or education may also
qualify as transformative uses because the work is the subject of review or commentary."
"This rule--less is more--is not necessarily true in parody cases. In a parody, the parodist is borrowing in order to comment upon the original work. A
parodist is permitted to borrow quite a bit, even the heart of the original work, in order to conjure up the original work."
Fair use - my star trek parodies fell within these guidelines for fair use parodies, says Stanford University.
"That's because, as the Supreme Court has acknowledged, "the heart is also what most readily conjures up the for parody, and it is the heart at
which parody takes aim. " (Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music , 510 U.S. 569 (1994).)"