Okay. There are a lot of dementia artists who do parodies and sell songs on CDs, iTunes, or through their website. And I know they don't pay royalties for them:
Luke Ski
Tony Goldmark
Steve Goodie
Bob Ricci
Sudden Death
Rob Balder
Robert Lund
Carla Ulbrich
Project Sisyphus
Seamonkey
And my band, Nuclear Bubble Wrap.
No royalties, no worries, I think you'll be fine.
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Al pays royalties on the parodies for the use of the music. Probably, those other artists get away with paying no royalties because their sales aren't large enough for it to be worth the hassle and uncomplimentary publicity for the copyright holders to come after them. But if one of them suddenly broke out big with another "White & Nerdy" you can bet there'd be a lawyer's letter somewhere in their futures.
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Go for it. I doubt it would ever be an issue, but if it comes up, you have this topic as proof that you at least made the attempt.
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