Political speech: Federal court rules satirical ads violated copyright law
An Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer finds fault with judges’ downgrading satire as a form of protected speech as in Henley v. DeVore in which a senatorial candidate attacked his opponent by setting his own words to two songs, “The Boys of Summer” (The Hope of November”) and “All She Wants to Do Is Dance” (“All She Wants to Do Is Tax”). -db Electronic Frontier Foundation Commentary June 24, 2010 By Kurt Opsahl In Henley v.