Tuesday March 17, 2009 3:05 am
Judge Rules in Favor of Family Guy
FOX’s animated Family Guy is not guilty of copyright infringement, per court ruling, for a song parody featured in one of the episodes.
The episode offered up a new version of Disney’s “When You Wish Upon a Star,” which subsequently launched a lawsuit from the major corporation in 2007. The ditty originally appeared in the 1940 flick Pinocchio. The Family Guy version, “I Need a Jew,” was perhaps a little less family-friendly…but it wasn’t illegal.
Despite the content of the song - “anti-Semitic lyrics” - a U.S. District Judge ruled that the lyrics of the song and tone of the piece was “strikingly different” from the original version. Since winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song after its film debut, “When You Wish Upon a Star” has been recorded by more than one hundred subsequent recording artists and orchestras.
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I actually did like the Simpsons more than the Family Guy.But looks like i do have a different opinion from all of you.
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family guy it's a great show. way better than simpsons.
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Family Guy, even tho they show flashbacks that never have been showned or happened, it's still a really funny show.
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well if i have to choose i would say family guy
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I love The Simpsons and I love watching the reruns that are always on TV. I love the many characters of the Simpsons and my favorite character would have to be the "Cat Lady." She is absolutely hilarious and I love how she keeps reappearing in some of the future episodes after her introduction in the kids TV episode. The Simpsons will always be part of my life and I know so many hilarious quotes from the Simpsons. It is a great show to laugh at and I loved the Simpsons Movie too.
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I think Simpsons is better than family guy, i love acting of Daniel Louis. he played the role of Homer Simpson.
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i think simpsons is way better than family guy but i have to admit simpson is going down slowly and family guy is picking up rapidly
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i also like to watch The Simpson episodes
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I actually did like the Simpsons more than the Family Guy.
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Both are fantastic animated comedy series. But Simpsons is much better than Family Guy. Actually Adult comedy swim stuffs in simpsons more enjoyable than family guy. I just laugh louder with Simpsons episodes and became almost mad on watch .
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