![]() The district court granted the injunction, which was appealed. When The Wind Done Gone was published, a trustee for Mitchell (the author of Gone With The Wind) filed a law suit claiming copyright infringement and seeking an injunction to prevent the publication and distribution of The Wind Done Gone. Cynara ends up being freed and continuing her life off the plantation. In The Wind Done Gone the plot follows the story line of Gone With The Wind but is told from the viewpoint of Cynara, a mulatto salve on the plantation who is Scarlett’s half sister and Rhett’s mistress. As you might have guessed, The Wind Done Gone is a parody of the famous American novel, Gone With The Wind. Parody is generally a mocking criticism of another well known work. ![]() If a parody is challenged as being a copyright infringement, courts will conduct a “fair use” evaluation to determine if the parody is a permissible fair use for the purpose of criticism, commentary and preservation of free speech. ![]() Criticism of a copyrighted work (which parody is one variety) is often a protected form of free speech. ![]()
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