] The two brothers who created the fantastic "This Land"
] parody -- sending up President Bush, Senator Kerry, and
] the current state of American democracy to the tune of
] "This Land is Your Land" -- have been threatened with a
] copyright lawsuit.

Of interest...

] "This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of
] Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody
] caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty
] good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish
] it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote
] it, that's all we wanted to do."

[ Whether Mr. Guthrie would approve of this current usage or not, it's always a little unfortunate when money dictates art. -k]

] The two brothers who created the fantastic "This Land"
] parody -- sending up President Bush, Senator Kerry, and
] the current state of American democracy to the tune of
] "This Land is Your Land" -- have been threatened with a
] copyright lawsuit.

I like what Guthrie had to say about it:

] "This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright
] # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught
] singin it without our permission, will be mighty good
] friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it.
] Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's
] all we wanted to do."

Could that be construed as explicit licensing, a la Creative Commons?