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|attribute = Parody
|attribute = Parody
|summary = This indicates that an [[MusicBrainz Entity|entity]] is not just being ''covered'', but that it is being ''parodied''.
|summary = This indicates that an [[MusicBrainz Entity|entity]] is not just being ''covered'', but that it is being ''parodied''.
|description = A parody "involves changing or recycling existing (usually very well known) musical ideas or lyrics - or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music."<ref>[[WikiPedia:Parody music]]</ref> In classical music, a 'parody' refers "to 15th- to 18th-century music, [involving] a reworking of one kind of composition into another". <ref>[[WikiPedia:Parody#Use_in_classical_music Wikipedia]]</ref> [[MusicBrainz]] uses either of these two 'parody' concepts, and does not restrict the definition of 'parody' to the legal 'parody' concept defined in legal codes such as the United States Fair Use doctrines. <ref>[http://www.beatallica.org/faq.html As described] by a [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/8602561b-caa1-4ef7-9501-a4159b3a41c3.html Beatallica] representative, with regard to why they ceased all activity: "The legal notion of "parody" is different from the way you and I understand it. In order for a song to be a parody, it has to directly criticize or comment on the original artist or song. In other words, you can make a parody of a song by The Beatles that makes fun of The Beatles, and that's protected as "fair use"; the "2 Live Crew" case is an example of this. If you use someone's work to make fun of someone else, that's not always protected. It's considered "satire," not "parody." A good example of this is the "Cat NOT in the Hat" case. So what this seems to mean is that most of Weird Al Yankovic's songs are not technically parodies. He doesn't have to worry about litigation though; he always asks permission to release his satirical songs (because he can afford to). Notice that Weird Al has never released a Beatles parody. "Fair use" is a very fuzzy part of copyright law, decided on a case-by-case basis, so unfortunately the only way you can prove that what you're doing qualifies as fair use is to go to court." [[MusicBrainz]] uses the common parody concept, not the legal definition. A Beatallica or Weird Al Yankovic parody is perfectly fine for a cover parody Advanced Relationship.</ref>
|description = A parody "involves changing or recycling existing (usually very well known) musical ideas or lyrics - or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music."<ref>[[WikiPedia:Parody music]]</ref> In classical music, a 'parody' refers "to 15th- to 18th-century music, [involving] a reworking of one kind of composition into another". <ref>[[WikiPedia:Parody#Use_in_classical_music Wikipedia]]</ref> [[MusicBrainz]] uses either of these two 'parody' concepts, and does not restrict the definition of 'parody' to the legal 'parody' concept defined in [http://www.publaw.com/parody.html legal codes such as the United States Fair Use doctrines]. <ref>[http://www.beatallica.org/faq.html As described] by a [http://musicbrainz.org/artist/8602561b-caa1-4ef7-9501-a4159b3a41c3.html Beatallica] representative, with regard to why they ceased all activity: "The legal notion of "parody" is different from the way you and I understand it. In order for a song to be a parody, it has to directly criticize or comment on the original artist or song. In other words, you can make a parody of a song by The Beatles that makes fun of The Beatles, and that's protected as "fair use"; the "2 Live Crew" case is an example of this. If you use someone's work to make fun of someone else, that's not always protected. It's considered "satire," not "parody." A good example of this is the "Cat NOT in the Hat" case. So what this seems to mean is that most of Weird Al Yankovic's songs are not technically parodies. He doesn't have to worry about litigation though; he always asks permission to release his satirical songs (because he can afford to). Notice that Weird Al has never released a Beatles parody. "Fair use" is a very fuzzy part of copyright law, decided on a case-by-case basis, so unfortunately the only way you can prove that what you're doing qualifies as fair use is to go to court." [[MusicBrainz]] uses the common parody concept, not the legal definition. A Beatallica or Weird Al Yankovic parody is perfectly fine for a cover parody Advanced Relationship.</ref>


|types = * [[Cover Relationship Type]]
|types = * [[Cover Relationship Type]]

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