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JibJab Strikes at Threatening Copyright Holder

Wired: JibJab Asks for Court's Help

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Having been threatened with legal action by the owner of the Woody Guthrie tune "This Land is Your Land," JibJab Media struck first, bringing action against Ludlow Music in a California court, asking for an early judgment indicating JibJab's parody did not violate any copyrights.

Ludlow Music sent a cease and desist letter a couple weeks ago and later asked for an accounting for any money made from the wildly successful but mostly noncommercial satire.

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