I rapped the entirety of the book “The Sneetches” by Dr. Seuss while a pianist and keyboardist played a beat for me on the fly. If I got it mixed and mastered, could I put it on streaming services as parody? Is that allowed? I’m doing it with humorous intent.

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interestedguy2023 t1_j8f40hd wrote on February 13, 2023 at 9:09 PM

The Seuss estate is very protective of their copyright.

HomerThompson15 t1_j8f3280 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 9:03 PM

Dr Seuss ghost gon come fuck u up

ieya404 t1_j8f3rdb wrote on February 13, 2023 at 9:08 PM

Doesn't look like the Dr Seuss copyright holders like sharing: https://www.library.upenn.edu/blogs/libraries-news/fair-use-and-dr-seuss

Big-Munch-69 OP t1_j8s9ls7 wrote on February 16, 2023 at 4:23 PM

What about the song on Spotify “Wocket in My Pocket,” that just raps the entirety of that Dr. Seuss book and has over 724,000 streams?

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KODO5555 t1_j8fbcfy wrote on February 13, 2023 at 9:56 PM

It’s not parody and you will be open.to a copyright lawsuit. The distinction between satire and parody is subtle but simply rapping existing copyrighted words provides no social commentary on those words the streaming services will shut ur down.

Big-Munch-69 OP t1_j8s9p1y wrote on February 16, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Someone on Spotify rapped all of “Wocket in My Pocket,” and it hasn’t been taken down after 724,000 streams

rofopp t1_j8fhvi4 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:40 PM

It’s not parody if you use the whole thing as your lyrics. You are not poking fun at it, you are stealing the words. Now, if you wanted to use some creativity and write some similar sounding stuff, that might be ok. But 100% usage is stealing.

My_Tan_Sierra t1_j8f8ngr wrote on February 13, 2023 at 9:39 PM

You *can do a parody

AlwaysBananas t1_j8fbib6 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 9:57 PM

I don’t think rapping out the entirety of the book verbatim is going to fly as a parody though.

My_Tan_Sierra t1_j8fh86z wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:36 PM

Does wearing fright wig help?

Certain_Yam_110 t1_j8g2g7a wrote on February 14, 2023 at 1:11 AM

The Sneetches are/were a prominent college radio band in the 80's/90's. I don't recall them ever having any legal issues with their name.