Can someone who knows more about US law than me (I’m from the UK) explain what the Fair Use argument was in this case?
I understand that Fair Use protects parody, so if I change the lyrics of a U2 song to take the piss out of Bono then I’m safe. But as far as I understand it Goldiblox wasn’t parodying the Beastie Boys or their song (i.e. the video wasn’t about the Beatie Boys), they were simply using the music with different lyrics in a commercial.
Am I missing another definition of Fair Use?
