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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 8324425" data-attributes="member: 6669048">Weird Al considers it a professional courtesy to ask permission from the artist. He doesn't ask the label - which likely owns the legal rights to the song in question - but the person who actually wrote/performed the song. It's come up a couple of times where permission was denied and the song was released anyway. Weird Al has not released his Prince parodies because Prince personally objected. A few songs like &quot;Chicken Pot Pie&quot; (parody of Paul McCartney's &quot;Live or Let Die&quot;) and &quot;Snack All Night&quot; (parody of Michael Jackson's &quot;Black or White&quot;) have only been performed live due to artist objections to recording them (McCartney because he's a vegetarian and Jackson because he felt the material too serious to joke about). He's also released videos and songs for free after the artist approved the parody but not the record label, such as &quot;Perform This Way&quot; (parody of Lady Gaga's &quot;Born This Way&quot;) and &quot;You're Pitiful&quot; (parody of James Blunt's &quot;You're Beautiful&quot;). And of course, there's the whole &quot;Amish Paradise&quot; fiasco where the label gave permission, Coolio didn't, Weird Al didn't find out until Coolio was doing interviews slamming him for it, and eventually Coolio agreed he was being &quot;cocky&quot; and &quot;stupid&quot; (his own words) and gave his blessing.Either way, Weird Al doesn't need permission to do his parodies. He does so anyway because he feels he should. He doesn't care about who owns the legal rights (because he doesn't have to), but the artists whose work he's satirizing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 8324425, member: 6669048"] Weird Al considers it a professional courtesy to ask permission from the artist. He doesn't ask the label - which likely owns the legal rights to the song in question - but the person who actually wrote/performed the song. It's come up a couple of times where permission was denied and the song was released anyway. Weird Al has not released his Prince parodies because Prince personally objected. A few songs like "Chicken Pot Pie" (parody of Paul McCartney's "Live or Let Die") and "Snack All Night" (parody of Michael Jackson's "Black or White") have only been performed live due to artist objections to recording them (McCartney because he's a vegetarian and Jackson because he felt the material too serious to joke about). He's also released videos and songs for free after the artist approved the parody but not the record label, such as "Perform This Way" (parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way") and "You're Pitiful" (parody of James Blunt's "You're Beautiful"). And of course, there's the whole "Amish Paradise" fiasco where the label gave permission, Coolio didn't, Weird Al didn't find out until Coolio was doing interviews slamming him for it, and eventually Coolio agreed he was being "cocky" and "stupid" (his own words) and gave his blessing. Either way, Weird Al doesn't need permission to do his parodies. He does so anyway because he feels he should. He doesn't care about who owns the legal rights (because he doesn't have to), but the artists whose work he's satirizing. [/QUOTE]

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