Comments on: Youtube disallows monetization of parody

By: Hannah Wallen

Hannah Wallen — Mon, 16 May 2016 07:28:00 +0000

In reply to Hannah Wallen. The note about the music itself - that's a youtube distinction, not a legal one.

By: Hannah Wallen

Hannah Wallen — Mon, 16 May 2016 07:23:00 +0000

In reply to RolandSlinger. Legally, Weird Al doesn't have to do any of the things you've described, and his career was off the ground already when he began doing that. When he recorded Another One Rides The Bus, for instance, that was not the case at all.

By: DollarPound

DollarPound — Sat, 14 May 2016 12:56:00 +0000

Superb, and I will be sharing on every site that lets me.

By: RolandSlinger

RolandSlinger — Fri, 13 May 2016 11:10:00 +0000

The comparison with Weird Al isn’t very good. Weird Al obtains permission from all of the artists he parodies, and negotiates a share of the royalties with them. He also records his own music even if it is a parody.

As much as I would like to side with Chris here, it seems that he reused the instrumental music from the original artist and that seems a little iffy in terms of fair use. That might be the reason why he got the dispute in the first place.