Great Example of Fair Use.

So I had a great discussion today about fair use. I think this youtube clip by Pogo is an excellent example of using less than 3 minutes of a film, qualifying for fair use.

As for how cover bands work, I read this quick blerb about it on wiki:

"Since the Copyright Act of 1909, in the United States there has been a right to record a version of someone else's tune, whether of music alone or of music and lyrics.^[7] A license can be specifically negotiated between representatives of the interpreting artist and the copyright holder, or recording of published tunes can fall under a mechanical license whereby the recording artist pays a standard royalty to the original author/copyright holder through an organization such as the Harry Fox Agency, and is safe under copyright law even if they do not have any permission from the original author."


I think thats pretty interesting. 


Discalimer: I am not claiming the above work(from wikipedia) is mine nor am I claiming it to be factual.