To address this for a moment, that's because both of these situations are protected by Fair Use, which allows for satire and parody of copyrighted material. The difference here is that YouTube offers next to no protection for creators and will generally pull anything if asked regardless of legal justification. I've even seen copyright claims on music in Star Wars video games.RCBH928 wrote:I just saw the one about China recently, and they had so many Disney characters in this show that I just don't know how they are not getting sued. There was a guy on YT that had his video pulled because he created a satire of Bugs Bunny meanwhile these are airing on cable.
But to go after South Park would mean going after Comedy Central, which means going after Viacom. Viacom has the money and lawyers to take a copyright case to court and drag it out for the long haul. It's not worth trying to sue South Park as a result, even for major media companies like Disney, because odds are you just end up with a situation where everybody loses over a long period of time.
