Irving Berlin et al. v. E.C. Publications, Inc.

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Irving Berlin et al. v. E.C. Publications, Inc., 329 F.2d 541 (2d Cir. 1964), was an important parody/copyright law case decided in 1964 which created the "Mad Magazine exception". Mad Magazine had published a number of parody lyrics to existing songs, including Berlin's A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody. The court found for Mad publisher E.C., establishing a legal precedent protecting parody (but not, at that time, satire).

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• Mad and the Supreme Court

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• Judge's ruling