The Bourne Company Music Publishers Lawsuit, October 2007
The judge did acknowledge that many public figures are frequent targets of such crude humor and that the original character that Burnett came up with was by far more creative than anything the minds at Family Guy could ever come up with on their own. Burnett in a distasteful manner, but the parody is protected by the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of speech. Defensive Judge assigned to the case did agree that the parody did portray Ms. After three months of deliberation, the courts ruled in the favor of the network. Burnett also alleged that the 18 second scene violated her publicity rights and misappropriation of her name.įamily Guy got the last laugh in this case. She asserted that the show did not seek permission to use the character she had created decades before. It would be almost a year before Burnett finally decided to sue Family Guy. In March 2007, the comedienne filed a $2 million lawsuit for copyright infringement against 20th Century FOX. As the scene closes, a character can be heard saying, “When she tugged her ear at the end of the show, she was really saying goodnight to her mom.” Quagmire then retorts, “I wonder what she tugged to say goodnight to her dad.”
The scene then shifts to show Burnett’s “Charwoman” character dressed in her trademark outfit mopping the floors of the store in front of adult blow-up dolls while an altered version of “Carol’s Theme” plays in the background. Quagmire states that the shop is so clean because Carol Burnett is employed there as a part-time janitor. Peter announced that he thought the store would be dirty. It all started on April 23, 2006, when FOX aired an episode of Family Guy entitled “Peterotica.” The episode featured Peter Griffin entering an adult porn shop. Here is a look at the controversial Family Guy episodes that got Seth MacFarlane and company in trouble with the law. The sitcom has been sued countless times ranging from copyright infringement to celebrity parodies. The comedy also has many satirical jabs at celebrities from Bill Clinton to Lindsay Lohan  Though the main goal is to make viewers laugh at the over the top antics of Peter Griffin and his family, this is not always the case. When the show premiered in 1999, it was clear that Seth MacFarlane used the animated comedy as his way to laugh at topics ranging from abortion to drugs. It is no surprise that Family Guy likes to poke fun at pop culture.
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