Barney Doesn't Love The Web

from the let's-learn-a-new-word-today:-parody dept

It seems that Barney isn’t quite so lovey-dovey off-screen. The folks behind the big annoying purple dinosaur have been sending all sorts of cease and desist letters to websites that include Barney parodies. The EFF has come to the rescue of some of those sites and has tried to teach Barney what the word “parody” means (can you say that, children?) – and what the Supreme Court has said about parodies.


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