WorldNetDaily: Arab airline hijacks kids of 'South Park'

WorldNetDaily: Arab airline hijacks kids of 'South Park' [With commentary by farkers.]

Now the world knows what we at UAE community blog have known for some time.

Quoting from the WorldNetDaily report:

Tony Fox, executive vice president of corporate communications at the Comedy Central network, said he was completely unaware of the purloined look until informed by WND.

"It's amazing to me how quickly people will jump on a phenomenon," he said. "While I'm not a copyright expert, I don't know how we could have legal recourse for something that looks a lot like a 'South Park' character but actually isn't."

"South Park" has made its mark on society by poking fun at countless people and topics, and Fox noted there are certain liberties people can take to skewer others.

"As satirists we can do that," he said. "Satire is protected by the First Amendment."

Fox added he'd bring the matter to the attention of Comedy Central's legal department for its opinion about the airline's use of similar characters to market itself.

Comedy Central itself has recently been in the news for satiring certain religious figures, but not others. See: Comedy Central and the violence veto, and And I did not speak out.

In related news, Sharjah to crackdown on the distribution of (apparently) supersized panties inscribed with the full text of John 3:16. The confiscate and destroy action is not, though, for copyright infringement. The New Testament is in the public domain. But, wait, what translation was used? RSV, NRSV, NIV, KJV? Somebody call your lawyer.

TAGS: South Park, Comedy Central, cartoons, John 3:16