JibJab Strikes at Threatening Copyright Holder

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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