Two years old now, but still a cracker if you grew up with Dylan and Dr Seuss...
A music producer named Kevin Ryan took the text from seven Dr. Seuss classics stories, including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, composed original tunes and recorded them, singin in Bob Dylan's mid-'60s style. He registered a domain name, dylanhearsawho.com, in Feb 2007 and posted his seven tracks online, accompanied by suitably Photoshopped album artwork, under the title Dylan Hears A Who. The lawyers of Dr. Seuss's (aka Theodor Geisel) estate couldn't see the humour in it, issued a 'cease and desist' notice for copyright infringement, and the site closed (although it's still there - and if you click on one of the Google AdSense/Words text ads you'll probably earn Kevin a few pence still - I'm sure you're interested in visiting the Dylan Hotel in Dublin, of course). Dylan, if you wondered, didn't give a damn about the whole matter. Parody and satire, whether obvious or subtle, lie at the heart of 'fair use', surely?
