Brief history of copyright infringement and campaign songs.
I know this isn't the point of the article, but McCain used an ABBA song?
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jan 31, 2012 5:51:59 am PST #19263 of 30001
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Gudanov - Jan 31, 2012 5:52:56 am PST #19264 of 30001
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That's awful ita, sorry about the news.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2012 5:55:29 am PST #19265 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, guys.
I've emailed in partly sick this morning. I have a call at 9 that no one can lead other than me, and that can't be delayed any more, and I'm going to try and lie down for half an hour. Right now I feel like I'm going to be useless for even that.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 31, 2012 6:02:05 am PST #19266 of 30001
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Oh, no ita! I am sorry about the bad news.
sj - Jan 31, 2012 6:10:46 am PST #19267 of 30001
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ita, I'm sorry about the bad news and that you're having a rough morning. I hope your work call is short and painless.
askye - Jan 31, 2012 6:10:48 am PST #19268 of 30001
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And Palin did it with "Barracuda" and somebody else that I can't recall right now.
Michelle Bachmann used Katy Perry's "Firework" without permission.
She didn't use it in an ad, but she came out on stage to the song at some kind of political rally.
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2012 6:11:50 am PST #19269 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Aunt E's oldest was there with her, at the time. Apparently she slipped into a coma over the weekend and died this morning. Her grandchildren are organising themselves. I should be lying down, but I got caught up in the communicating instead.
Jesse - Jan 31, 2012 6:37:56 am PST #19270 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm sure all politicians use songs at rallies that they haven't gotten clearance for, but it's the Republicans who are more likely to be at odds with the artists, no?
erikaj - Jan 31, 2012 6:50:21 am PST #19271 of 30001
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so far, at least. Reagan didn't seem to know what "Born in The USA" was about, either.
Consuela - Jan 31, 2012 7:03:00 am PST #19272 of 30001
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I'm sure all politicians use songs at rallies that they haven't gotten clearance for, but it's the Republicans who are more likely to be at odds with the artists, no?
Yeah.
Apparently if you go through ASCAP you can get the right to play the song at a rally (but not on a tv ad), without the artist even hearing about it. So some of these disputes are less legal than political: you could still have the right to play the song but if the original artist is bitching about you publicly, it seems unwise.
Speaking of politics: Dogs against Romney. Heh.
ita, I'm sorry to hear about your loss.