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Elsmere Music, Inc. v. National Broadcasting Co.
District Court, S.D. New York (1980) | 482 F. Supp. 741; 5 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2455; 1980 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9775; 206 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 913
TL;DR: Saturday Night Live parodied the "I Love New York" jingle with a sketch featuring the song "I Love Sodom." The court ruled this was a protected fair use, not copyright infringement, because it validly satirized the original ad campaign.
Legal Significance: Expanded the fair use defense for parody, establishing that a parody need not comment directly on the original copyrighted work itself, but can use the work to satirize a broader subject with which the original is closely associated.