Lady Gaga blocks Weird Al parody...after considerable expense is spent recording it. (UPDATE)

[Owlslayer]

Um... well i kinda felt sad for Al. making these songs isn't very easy, i think.

Also, one of the videos of the song i found had this in the description "
UPDATE: Lady Gaga has approved the parody!!! Album release information coming soon!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUxXKfQkswE
What is going on ? Well, maybe that's not the real Al channel. Or maybe a joke? Or...? whatever, i have no idea.

 

[Spongebobdickpants]

Might want to grab it while you can

He'll post the MP3s as well. He's done it in the past - for example, with You're Pitiful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You%27re_Pitiful].

He's legally allowed to release them - parody is a long-standing fair use exception to copyright - he just chooses not to sell them unless he gets permission. Normally he doesn't even make them until he gets permission, but in the rare exceptions he's had no problem releasing them for free.

Seems like a dick move on his behalf. Why does this musical moral code of his not apply to Youtube and MP3s?

I think its the SELLING their songs parody bit that he wants permission for and i can see why, he would be making a profit adapting someone elses work. As for releasing it free look at it this way, i could do a dubstep remix of born this way and solong as i didnt profit i wouldnt break copyright.

 

[A Pious Cultist]

I think its the SELLING their songs parody bit that he wants permission for and i can see why, he would be making a profit adapting someone elses work. As for releasing it free look at it this way, i could do a dubstep remix of born this way and solong as i didnt profit i wouldnt break copyright.

Umm, how do I say this, no.

A remix wouldn't come under fair use and whether or not you made a profit would have absolutely no effect on whether it was legal or not.

 

[Tanner The Monotone]

Just another reason for me to dislike lady gaga

 

[Duffeknol]

Just another reason for me to dislike lady gaga

Just another person who can't take 3 extra seconds to check the update before posting.

 

[MegaManOfNumbers]

U MAD Gaga?

U MAD?

seriously, that lady's an ass of the "fuck your talent" variety.

 

[Stilkon]

This is why I hate Lady Gaga. She takes herself way too seriously while looking and sounding ridiculous. Every aspect of her act has been done better by somebody else.

 

[Tanner The Monotone]

Just another reason for me to dislike lady gaga

Just another person who can't take 3 extra seconds to check the update before posting.

I did read it and I don't beleive her. Really, I don't know why I'm even responding to a guy who takes the time type a sarcastic remark to insult someone .

 

[Lucas113]

SNIP

UPDATE: It's been approved! Lady Gaga has finally heard it and approved Al's parody! Apparently it was KO'd by her manager before she even got to listen to it. Foolish peoples!

Here's a link:

http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/

 

[mr_rubino]

SNIP

UPDATE: It's been approved! Lady Gaga has finally heard it and approved Al's parody! Apparently it was KO'd by her manager before she even got to listen to it. Foolish peoples!

Here's a link:

http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/

He spells weblog as two words? Fake.

 

[Lucas113]

SNIP

UPDATE: It's been approved! Lady Gaga has finally heard it and approved Al's parody! Apparently it was KO'd by her manager before she even got to listen to it. Foolish peoples!

Here's a link:

http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/

He spells weblog as two words? Fake.

Would you prefer Al's Twitter feed, with the same link?

http://twitter.com/#!/alyankovic

Also, DO THE RESEARCH!

 

[Duffeknol]

Just another reason for me to dislike lady gaga

Just another person who can't take 3 extra seconds to check the update before posting.

I did read it and I don't beleive her. Really, I don't know why I'm even responding to a guy who takes the time type a sarcastic remark to insult someone .

He even added it to the video description. It's real.

 

[Macgyvercas]

I never understood why Al asks for permission to parody anyway. Parody is protected under fair use.

 

[Tanner The Monotone]

Just another reason for me to dislike lady gaga

Just another person who can't take 3 extra seconds to check the update before posting.

I did read it and I don't beleive her. Really, I don't know why I'm even responding to a guy who takes the time type a sarcastic remark to insult someone .

He even added it to the video description. It's real.

Ok, I guess my dilike of here blinded me from the truth.

 

[Jast]

That's dissapointing. It was pretty funny. I would have LOVED to see the music video he would do.

 

[Callate]

One of the highest rated comments on the video on YouTube says:

Gaga?s manager has now admitted that he never forwarded my parody to Gaga ? she had no idea at all. Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that?s what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own....I knew it!

It might be good to get confirmation/denial on this before anyone goes off on a witch-hunt.

 

[Lucas113]

One of the highest rated comments on the video on YouTube says:

Gaga?s manager has now admitted that he never forwarded my parody to Gaga ? she had no idea at all. Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that?s what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own....I knew it!

It might be good to get confirmation/denial on this before anyone goes off on a witch-hunt.

That comes from Al's blog post about the incident:

http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/gaga-update/

 

[WilliamRLBaker]

Because recording and producing a song, even a song-parody that uses already set music, takes very long to do, and costs quite a bit of money. He receives no money from the song being on Youtube or for a free mp3. Not only that, but if you read the blog post, you'd see that he delayed release of his album so he could do the Lady Gaga song.

Recording and producing a parody does not take a lot of time and money. No more love and time and effort than the original writer spent creating it.

If someone doesn't want their art that they created being used in a way they don't like, he should respect that.

And that mix he put on Youtube is NOT a high standard, expensive mix. I've heard better bedroom recordings.

um it doesn't take time and money? rightttt Please stop acting like a music N*** like you've been doing the entire thread and read what your posting any creative material *and weird al is one of the most creative* takes alot of time and money to produce specially when you postpone album release for a song.