Parody Relationship Attribute

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Description

This indicates that an entity is not just being covered, but that it is being parodied.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."^[1] In classical music, a 'parody' refers "to 15th- to 18th-century music, [involving] a reworking of one kind of composition into another". ^[2] 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. ^[3]

Possible attribute values

This attribute is boolean:

• on
• off

Relationship types which use this relationship attribute

This attribute can be applied to the following relationship types:

• Cover Relationship Type

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References

1. ↑ Wikipedia
2. ↑ Wikipedia
3. ↑ As described by a 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.