Nearly three years after South Park satirized Samwell's "What What (In the Butt)" viral video, the production studios have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit. Perhaps even more striking is the fact that the band publicly thanked South Park creators for satirizing their video in 2008, as it obviously provided even more coverage for the viral video.
Though the music video is copyrighted, the lawsuit is 100% baseless and without merit. South Park's animated homage features series regular, Butters, parodying the song, and satire is one of the most traditionally-protected forms of free speech.
Spokespersons for South Park, Viacom, and other entities involved stated they would fight the lawsuit.
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