Art galleries annoyed by parodies, threaten frivolous legal action to protect interests of long dead artists

Not many people are aware that Merry Melodies and all the rest of the cartoons were intended as filler material to amuse movie-going adults. I believe that Merry Melodies is where I acquired my liking for classical music. But learning all the trivia and symbolism about that age is interesting, but not interesting enough to actually read textbooks about it. I only want the bullet points.