Cee Lo Green: Imagine All Religions True?

[Stevil]

And that's the point and Lennon would have hated it so Cee Lo Green has abused a privilage and the memory of a great artist.

Meh, If he didn't infringe any copy-write laws, then good on him.

[Whitney]

I think it's a sign of lack of creativity if you think it's a good idea to take a famous song and change a couple words in order to get your message through.  If he wanted a good song about all religions being true he should have come up with his own original song.  Imagine simply isn't set up properly for "all religions true" wording.

Not to mention that I think it's still under some kind of copyright...but that's a legal/financial problem (yet still a moral issue as breaking copyright is akin to theft).

With works not under protection I think there is a place for changing it up; but only if the change is big enough to make the work your own.  Like taking an old classical song and putting it into a rock n roll beat.  For instance, I can't take an open source image of Einstein and slap a mustache on him then claim rights to the image or pretend like it is clever....but I can use the image as a guide for creating a freehand abstract image of him (and have done it) that is rightfully considered my work.