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Old 01-03-2009, 03:55 PM  
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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo View Post
That's not true. Parody is protected under Fair Use precisely because copyright owners would not allow their works to be changed.

Still it's a low class move in this case, legal or not.
Yup, photoshopping a copyrighted image does not fall under fair use / parody. It's copyright infringement.

If he had created his own image, as a parody, using his own content. It would be a parody and covered under fair use.
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