first of all, maybe actual cannibalism is verbotten but the attempts or such have long been a part of stock humor. several Warner Bros and other cartoons, mostly older, where the two characters are stuck on an island have them seeing each other as different foods, most frequently roast turkeys, and trying to eat one another. so i get the joke. second, look up fair use. satire is protected. the four criteria for fair use are: from Standford University 1. the purpose and character of your use (satire, commentary, non-commercial) 2. the nature of the copyrighted work (factual vs. fictional, published vs. unpublished) 3. the amount and substantiality of the portion taken, and 4. the effect of the use upon the potential market. i'd say this one meets all four. oh, and types of works that tend to meet fair use: from Nolo * Criticism and comment -- for example, quoting or excerpting a work in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment. * News reporting -- for example, summarizing an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report. * Research and scholarship -- for example, quoting a short passage in a scholarly, scientific, or technical work for illustration or clarification of the author's observations. * Nonprofit educational uses -- for example, photocopying of limited portions of written works by teachers for classroom use. * Parody -- that is, a work that ridicules another, usually well-known, work by imitating it in a comic way. just cause it's arguable on the copyright holder's side doesn't mean they're right. even if they win, it may be they just have better lawyers.