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		rmholt on Oct 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sorry, Gas Companies – Parody Isn't Infringement (... Tried to do some online research (heh) and it would appear that satire of public figures is just straight up protected by the first amendment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustler_Magazine_v._Falwell

avazhi on Nov 1, 2024 [–]

I don’t think linking directly to real companies and referring to them as partners while using their logos is all that similar to the Falwell example.

I haven’t visited the site from this story, but had they clearly marked the site as parody?

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