The New York Times seems to say so, but they may also be putting words in to the spokesperson's mouth.

Here's a bit from their article about the fact that Disney hasn't asked YouTube to remove a video that incorporates Disney characters, rapping:
Nickelodeon, part of Viacom, sees the humorous videos as fair use of its copyrighted content. “Our ( Read more... )

Hello. I'm posting here on account of the super-wiki admin team. The Super-Wiki is a Supernatural Wikipedia Project, I guess it's in parts a bit like the Harry Potter Lexicon, only it strives to document not only canon, but also fanon AND the Supernatural fandom as well. The site has been around for over a year and has really gained a lot through ( Read more... )

HI, I'm new here *waves* And of course, I have a question ( Read more... )

Hi! I was considering designing some tee-shirts to promote the television show Supernatural, which I think is woefully under-promoted, but I don't want to violate the CW's copyright. I'm not going to use any copyrighted images or anything, but the designs would of course reference the show - for instance, a silhouette of a '67 Impala and the phrase ( Read more... )

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this community and I have a question for those members with legal expertise.

What are your opinions on FanLib.com?

Some of you may or may not have heard about it, but it's avidly being discussed over at
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Mollie E. Nolan, Search for Original Expression: Fan Fiction and the Fair Use Defense, 30 Southern Illinois L.J. 533 (Spring 2006) (pdf).

Full legal bibliography here.