The company that created
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In the 2007 video, which was based on
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The 2008 South Park episode "Canada on Strike" features the character Butters singing to a similar tune and what the plaintiff maintains
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According to the lawsuit that Brownmark Films
Disney collectionfiled Friday with the U.S. District Court in Milwaukee, the re-creation by the South Park
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The suit also states that Brownmark never gave copyrights
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"Courts have consistently recognized that parody enjoys
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