“The decisions in the Jack Daniel’s and Vans cases have gone far in posing an existential threat to the use of parody in the manufacture of products. Where is the line between parody and spoof?” It ...
This week I’m going to be taking a look at sarcasm. If that revelation just prompted you to say to yourself, “Big deal, Mr. Word Guy,” well, congratulations. You just used sarcasm. I also plan to take ...
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has become the latest victim of Apple’s iTunes App Store “objectionable” content policy, after a submitted app was rejected over a link to a YouTube parody ...
The parody we have been waiting Musician/comedian Weird Al Yankovic has taken on Robin Thicke and Pharrell's controversial hit 'Blurred Lines', which he has entitled 'Word Crimes'. The singer took on ...