The "Weird Al" Yankovic Prince Feud: A Cautionary Tale for Music Parody Laws The world of music parody is often a delicate dance between creativity and copyright law.
This tension is exemplified by the long standing feud between "Weird Al" Yankovic and Prince's estate, which began in 1996 when Yankovic released a song called "Couch Potato," a parody of the theme song from the movie "Tubular Bells.
" The dispute escalated in 2016 when Prince's estate took issue with Yankovic's use of the title track from Prince's album "The Beautiful Ones" for a different song.