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Ludlum, M. P. – 1993
This paper discuses whether outrageous parodies are and should be protected under the First Amendment. After presenting a definition and a brief history of parody humor, the paper then presents a brief description of the parties to this line of legal controversies. The paper describes the rationale of a line of separate parody cases involving Miss…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education