Remember the Yngwie take off vid

[Robert1950]

The video was called something like: Yngwie - you're amazing new God. Someone overdubbed some really spastic guitar playing and Yngwie spoke like Ah-nold. It was a riot. This is what you get now when you try to play it on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/browse?&session=EUwtnazajUgT8MW4R_y1FwIgjV7KD5L8xWOnRfYL5J YUGOkfv97SLYi5bUdiBcdrdpxwcsPv68thFrCMXFbubGSZgbPg X0yoRMr6DNXdh472rHUYf11ikueOMSPiHzS-8dtILimhC81e0Txkmp6Aon6f8WWVCU_omEC9oF5u4Aaj4Qcq8U FzYW2Hv_B61mT1SWdnLwmemdiDx48VWvwOk8DIXki0alNXiK8U OJp5338AXMbPc4zF_CZVjdCCL9vP

I guess Yngwie/God found this blasphemy and his minions intervened

Edit: Found it (not on You Tube): http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b1a_1178171021

[Canman]

I didnt find it funny, perhaps if the guitar playing was better then Malmsteen it would have been funnier, but thats quite a lot to ask for.

I have to agree with all artists, they must protect their intellectual property.

If the person responsible dressed up and imitated YJM then it would have been okay, but using Y's property, the video, is not ethical.

JMO

[Paul]

Satire and parody are protected fair uses. They don't have to be funny.

Weird Al gets permission first because he is a classy guy, but permission is not required.

[ClintonHammond]

"is not ethical"
Ethics schmethics!

[Canman]

Satire and parody are protected fair uses. They don't have to be funny.

Weird Al gets permission first because he is a classy guy, but permission is not required.


Well I can agree that in using parody, even extensive use of original material must be employed in order to make the connection to the original.

Dont have to be funny? Then it's not parody by definition. What's its purpose? Criticism?

If you are commenting upon or critiquing a copyrighted work, fair use principles allow you to reproduce some of the work to achieve your purposes.

The rationale of this rule is that someone benifits from your review, which is enhanced by including some of the copyrighted material.

How does one benefit from this video?

I am just saying that this instance of using copyrighted work is theft. I am not suprised it has been removed.


Weird Al buys permisson because the people he parodies benifit financially from having more exposure. I wouldnt be suprised if in fact he pays to use the material.

[Robert1950]

Whatever. I still like it. Not a bad parody at all.

[Paul]

Weird Al buys permisson because the people he parodies benifit financially from having more exposure. I wouldnt be suprised if in fact he pays to use the material.

Once a tune has been published, it's fair game for anyone to record it, as long as they pay the appropriate fees.

Weird Al gets a co-write credit for his parody tunes, along with the original songwriters. There will be a co-publishing opportunity too. Al would own the publishing rights to the lyrics he creates.

Even without the permission of the original artist, Al can do his thing, as long as the creators and owners get the appropriate credit and compensation. The only artist that always said no is Prince, (aka TAFKAP), and there is some confusion over Amish Paradise with Coolio, and while James Blunt was happy with Your Pitiful, the record label asked Al to keep it off the album. Weird Al was free to make it available as a download.

I guess "funny" is a matter of interpretation. I don't find a lot of the parodies in Mad Magazine funny anymore, but I sure did when I was 12. I don't know why the Yngwie bit is down, but it seems to me that it was fair use. If Larry Flynt could win his case in the Supreme Court, (as did Mad Magazine), then I guess YouTube decided to acquiece to the party with the better lawyer.

It's not about right and wrong, it's about the law.

[Hamm Guitars]

The video was called something like: Yngwie - you're amazing new God. Someone overdubbed some really spastic guitar playing and Yngwie spoke like Ah-nold. It was a riot. This is what you get now when you try to play it on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/browse?&session=EUwtnazajUgT8MW4R_y1FwIgjV7KD5L8xWOnRfYL5J YUGOkfv97SLYi5bUdiBcdrdpxwcsPv68thFrCMXFbubGSZgbPg X0yoRMr6DNXdh472rHUYf11ikueOMSPiHzS-8dtILimhC81e0Txkmp6Aon6f8WWVCU_omEC9oF5u4Aaj4Qcq8U FzYW2Hv_B61mT1SWdnLwmemdiDx48VWvwOk8DIXki0alNXiK8U OJp5338AXMbPc4zF_CZVjdCCL9vP



That link doesn't work as it has your session ID in it. Was there a note there or something?

[Canman]

Paul-Point taken. There are not any laws against poor taste. Anything goes now-a-days.

[ClintonHammond]

"There are not any laws against poor taste."
There's also no such THING as 'poor taste'.... One mans Vivaldi is another mans Trailer Park Boys....

[Paul]

There's also no such THING as 'poor taste'.

I wish that were true, but these guys:

http://www.westborobaptistchurch.com/

who protest at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq, and taunt the families of those soldiers sure seem to come close to poor taste. I think they have 1st Ammendment protections for their actions and words, but damn, poor taste is one of the first descriptors that comes to my mind.

And, to be clear...nobody claims Vivaldi is funny. :smile:

[ClintonHammond]

"sure seem to come close to poor taste"
You might think so, but that's way too subjective an opinion....

[Canman]

"There are not any laws against poor taste."
There's also no such THING as 'poor taste'.... One mans Vivaldi is another mans Trailer Park Boys....

You are intitled to your opinion but thats something people with poor taste say.

First the intellectual work of time, and study as well as inspiration and devotion must be factors in calaculating the value of a work. Society shows this to be true.
All men are not created equal.

[ClintonHammond]

"You are intitled to your opinion but thats something people with poor taste say."
And that's something someone high on the smell of their own "smug"* would say...

" All men are not created equal."
Thanks for proving that...

*See South Park episode about hybrid cars for reference...

[sysexguy]

One mans Vivaldi is another mans Trailer Park Boys....

imagine, kobe beeflofu and ramen noodles:mad: in the same sentence

....maybe it was the governator's people that pulled the fury?????

fwiw, I remember seeing some unknown band on a new show on ABC that was supposed to be the new Don Kirschner's Rock Concert concept featuring the former singer from UFO.......and there' this crazy kid throwing his strat in the air and playing the most insane guitar. The band was Alcatrazz and the guitarist was Yngwie, Yngwie J. to avoid confusion. Yngwie's not for everyone but....he can play. I like parodies, but the vid in question was pretty lame (very one dimensional humour).

Weird Al is sooooooo connected like you wouldn't believe......try to get the rights to do a parody or ask someone who's in the know. I like Twisted Tunes better (2 DJ's from Seattle).....but I think they got into legal hell????

Andy

[laristotle]

South Park episode about hybrid cars for reference...

Good reference. Season 10 episode 2. Smug Alert! (http://www.southparkzone.com/episodes/1002/Smug-Alert!.html)

[Canman]

"You are intitled to your opinion but thats something people with poor taste say."
And that's something someone high on the smell of their own "smug"* would say...

" All men are not created equal."
Thanks for proving that...

*See South Park episode about hybrid cars for reference...



Sad but true. Sorry if I have offended you.

I was not suggesting that YOU had poor taste but merely commenting on the use of the cliche'.

[ClintonHammond]

You haven't offended me in the least.... I don't take things written on the internet to heart.

[david henman]

[QUOTE=ClintonHammond;75833]"You are intitled to your opinion but thats something people with poor taste say."
And that's something someone high on the smell of their own "smug"* would say... QUOTE]



...once again, my irony meter explodes right through the roof!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:eek:

-dh