Brussels, 03/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - The “parody” of a protected work must display certain specific characteristics if the original work is to be used - as is provided for in the directive on copyright (2001/29/CE) - without the consent of the rights holders.
In addition, when the parody delivers a discriminatory message, the rights holder in the parodied work may demand that that work should not be associated with that message.
The Court of Justice of the EU delivered this decision...