Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/30

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Lens Designs and history- the only take
From: Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:01:00 -0400

At 12:54 PM 7/30/1999 -0700, Austin Burbridge wrote:
>The exception -- sometimes -- is parody, although this is being 
>tested in the U.S. courts.

Well, the defense of parody is that no one will be fooled into believing
the satirical image to be the REAL thing.  Take a picture of the Mona Lisa
and insert, say, Jim Brick's face in place of the lady's phizz.  No one,
but no one, will pay money for this "artwork" believing it to be the divine
original.

Marc

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