Parody does not rhyme with racism, held the EU Court of Justice in a ruling of 3 September clarifying the concept of parody in EU law (Case C-201/13, 2001 copyright directive ).
The case originated in 2011. At a New Year's reception held by the city of Ghent, Johan Deckmyn, a member of the far-right Flemish political party Vlaams Belang, handed out calendars featuring a caricature of one of the characters from the 'Spike and Suzy' comic book series, produced…