Let's talk about Porn Parody Films (Patreon)

I'm often asked if it's legal or not to do Porn Parodies of Spidey comics.
Well, in fact, it is.

Parodies are protected as an original work and for being a form of freedom of speech acording to US Supreme Court rulings on what is Fair Use and what is a parody as principle.

Fair use was codified into U.S. law with the Copyright Act of 1978. It's basically a set of exemptions under the law where someone could infringe upon the copyrights of another, but not be held liable.

Without getting too deep into how fair use is determined, parody is one of the most protected forms of speech under the law. The reason is that parody is the act of making fun of an already existing work and both the law and the courts recognize that, in order to “conjure” up a previous work to lampoon it, you have to use a large amount of it.

In 2001, the United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, in Suntrust v. Houghton Mifflin, upheld the right of Alice Randall to publish a parody of Gone with the Wind called The Wind Done Gone, which told the same story from the point of view of Scarlett O'Hara's slaves, who were glad to be rid of her.

But it wasn't until 2010, when italian porn Director Axel Braun released "Batman XXX: A Porn Parody", the best-selling and best-renting title of 2010, that the Golden Age of Porn Parodies begun.

His collaborations with Vivid on the Superhero theme spawned hundreds of other film adaptations and coined Porn Parody as a new category of porn productions.

I personally find the concept of making these parodies quite awesome, but the actual stories are just too naive, and underperformed.

Braun thinks differently. He really believes his films are as good as the comics themselves, and even edited non-xxx versions of them, allowing them comparable to the actual movie adaptations (X-Men XXX been the cream of the crop).

And what does that all really mean to my projects?
I'm not quite sure, but for the time being, it makes me feel enough confidence to keep on doing them.

While on topic, attached to this post (right below the picture) you'll find the file for 8-page comic book that came with Vivid's Spider-ManXXX parody.

This comic was made available for free by the artist himself, Matt*Core, on his site.

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Bottomline (tl:dr)

What is your opinion on Porn Parody Films?
Do you have a favorite one?
Is there anything worthy on any of them?
Can I learn something from them and employ it on my own projects?

Feel free to comment below.