There’s nothing Wilson/Wilson can do as long as the McCain campaign pays the ASCAP fees. ASCAP covers public broadcast for an event, just as they cannot tell a nightclub or sports event not to play their song.
Correct! However, if these two petty, ultra-liberal, skanks don't want the RNC to play their song then find something else.
I thought about this last night when it was being played whether or not they would protest. I'm deeply sadden because they are great songwriters, and I've always appreciated them, but now I'm going to think about this every time I listening to their music.
Thank heavens my female singer couldn't sing Ann Wilson! When you think about, it was the wrong choice of song anyway.
“There’s nothing Wilson/Wilson can do as long as the McCain campaign pays the ASCAP fees. ASCAP covers public broadcast for an event, just as they cannot tell a nightclub or sports event not to play their song.”
Petty bullshit from the celebrity left. Just ignore them and pay them their royalty fees.
Since 98% of musicians are leftists we would have very little selection of music. They have no legal right to stop the music, only to collect their due fee.
That’s my understanding as well. Can Heart really not know how the business works after 30 years?
Common folks are usually unaware of the system.
Apparantly there are entertainers also unaware of how they get paid!
Which really isn't surprising. With few exceptions no one wastes money on giving pop singers educations anyway.
I just presented this question to someone in a radio, TV and music site here in DC, and they replied with this (below). Don't know if it is accurate):
"If the McCain camp in public tries to present the copyrighted property "Barracuda" as an endorsement of Sarah by juxtaposing the Heart song with Sarah, in a stage production or advertisement, Ann and Nancy Wilson have every right to say "Stop it now; no more fair use; we don't want out intellectual property associated with that brand (woman) who wants to ban books from public libraries." The Republican National Convention, by their own admission was a "political ad, for McCain and Palin," or to be more precise, in my opinion, a "stage production" (Lee Atwater would be so proud.) There are laws governing the use of copyrighted music as integral parts of adds or stage productions. The Wilson sisters have every right to ask the McCain camp to stop, and tell them "fair use is now over."