And so, from what I've read about copyrights, would be allowed.

Mr. Ram

Parody is generally allowed without the permission of the original works' copyright holder. "Fan Fiction" is a more problematical area.

Here are a couple of links on the subject:

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/...

http://www.publaw.com/parody.html

Don't take my advice as being worth more than you paid for it.

The above is from a US perspective. Your mileage may vary in other countries which use different systems of measure, and laws.

Kris
IANAL (= I am not a lawyer!)

a) As others have said, you don't need the permission of the original artist to do a parody. Although it's probably helpful to give credit to the original song's lyricist / composer, and possibly the record company that owns the copyright.

b) We've had numerous relyricised songs here already - Andrea Lena Dimaggio appears to be our resident 'expert' :)

c) They're currently being actively encouraged via the February Music Motifs Challenge.

 
 
--Ben