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Liberal Rock Stars to McCain-Palin Campaign: Stop Using Our Songs
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| 9/7/08
| Jake Tapper
Posted on 09/07/2008 12:50:58 PM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant
If it is out there to get royalties, outside of paying them (if necessary) what power over songs do they retain by law?
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posted on
09/07/2008 1:15:12 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: UCFRoadWarrior
I kind of wish Brooks and dunn had. I think the libs singers are trying to get another fifteen of fame.
To: pissant
These liberal rock stars need to
call the Dixie Chicks.
Or their local newspaper
and see how bad business can be
after "giving the finger" to half their potential customers... (the half that's conservatives).
43
posted on
09/07/2008 1:16:21 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
("Vegetarian" - Old Indian word for "bad hunter")
To: Patriot Babe
That is not the only time. I believe during the last Democrap Convention they played one of Elvis Presley songs. Elvis is a registered Republican. No one made a hissy fit over that, sheesh. Insert your favorite "Elvis is alive!" joke here....
44
posted on
09/07/2008 1:16:44 PM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
To: Bobkk47
I thought after 25 years, a song becomes part of the public domain. If that were true then we should be able to download Beatles and Rolling Stones from free web sites.
To: pissant
I read that the guitarist co-writer of Barracuda was thrilled they used the song - if only in the “more sales” sense.
46
posted on
09/07/2008 1:18:16 PM PDT
by
pollwatcher
(Palin was put on this earth to do two things: kill caribou and kick butt. She's all out of caribou.")
To: ladyvet
I dont know why the Republicans dont stick with country music and artists.Or they could play a recording of fingernails on a chalkboard, either one.
47
posted on
09/07/2008 1:18:54 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: KoRn
Can the bands and or record labels legally compel someone not to play their music? Does that not violate Fair Use provisions?Next thing you know we will have businesses claim they have the right to refuse service to anyone.
48
posted on
09/07/2008 1:20:17 PM PDT
by
Doe Eyes
To: mrmargaritaville
49
posted on
09/07/2008 1:20:19 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(Obama is the Democrats guy. They bought the ticket, now they must take the ride.)
To: pissant
I read that their music can be played at a private gathering which what the convention was. It was by invitation only. There was a piece I think on Little Green Footballs or Newsbusters that laid out the legalese ... or was it on FR?
Not sure.
50
posted on
09/07/2008 1:20:37 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Warning - Hurricane Sarah Is Coming")
To: pissant
Who- this ugly, fat POS Rosanne-wanne-be? Screw her
51
posted on
09/07/2008 1:21:53 PM PDT
by
NYC Republican
(Infuriate the MSM- vote for Palin/McCain)
To: pissant
Democrats can use God Bless America even though they don’t believe that so what’s the difference?
52
posted on
09/07/2008 1:22:08 PM PDT
by
Morgan in Denver
(Change is not two more lawyers in the White House)
To: pissant
Very foolish. They could make a comeback of sorts. Why limit your audience?
To: Gay State Conservative
How is it that Rush can use My City Was Gone if thats not true? Are the Pretenders Republicans? He pays. Instead of paying royalties to the author, Crissie Hynde, Limbaugh donates the equivilent amount to PETA.
To: airedale
The ironic thing is that some (or all) of the music from Heart’s first album belongs to their old record label not them. Despite this they refuse to stop playing these songs in concert.
55
posted on
09/07/2008 1:22:39 PM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: srmorton
Bill and Hillary forever ruined the song "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow"I enjoyed when in 2000 at a Bush rally they started playing that song, everyone got a confused look on thier face....you hear the needle scratch across the record and it segway's into the Who's "WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN!"
56
posted on
09/07/2008 1:25:38 PM PDT
by
RasterMaster
(CHANGE is not a destination - HOPE is not a strategy!)
To: pissant
OK - Found this on Little Green Footballs.com
“Although I work as an intellectual property lawyer, I don’t do much in the copyright licensing field any more. However, when I was doing this a few years ago, if a client of mine was going to have a convention or a trade show and wants to play ASCAP or BMI music at it’s booth, it would approach ASCAP and/or BMI and buy a license to play ALL of that company’s music at the event in question. Permission from any one of the artists was NOT required.
This is different from using songs as background on campaign videos.
Now, Heart may have some other claim about right of publicity (i.e., that using the music incorrectly implies permission or sponsorship), but as far as I know, on the copyright claim, the answer to their attorneys is “we got a license, so go pound salt.”
57
posted on
09/07/2008 1:28:03 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Warning - Hurricane Sarah Is Coming")
To: OCCASparky
However, THEY don't "own" the song because THEY didn't write it. The drummer (Michael DeRosier) wrote it, and was recently quoted as saying he loved the fact it was being used. It was apparently a collaborative effort, between the Wilson sisters, Michael DeRosier, and Roger Fisher:
Rock group Heart says "Barracuda" use is fishy
Fisher is the one that has been quoted as thrilled, as they get royalties and publicity. I've read that downloads of "Barracuda" has shot it to the top of online music charts. I bought my copy from iTunes long ago. :-)
He has also written that he plans to donate a portion of the royalties to Barack Obama's campaign.
As others have noted, this is out of the artist's control, anyway. From the article:
Copyright law may not be on the Wilsons' side as the song is licensed for public performance under a blanket fee paid by the venue to ASCAP, the firm that collects royalties on behalf of composers and copyright owners.
If the fees are paid, McCain's campaign can legally continue to use the song. If they stop doing so, it's only out of respect for the artist's wishes.
58
posted on
09/07/2008 1:29:20 PM PDT
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
To: pissant
First, Heart sux; anything decent they ever did -- two, maybe three songs tops -- were stolen whole or in part from soneone else. Second, we don't want to reintroduce their catalog, which has been justifiably off the air for twenty five-years because Heart sux, and there's already plenty of absolutely hideous trash on the radio. Third, we are trying to showcase women, and Heart is living proof that there are still some things men do a hell of a lot better than women -- like any kind of Rock music.
59
posted on
09/07/2008 1:29:57 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(If you think OP Chaos was bad, wait till the Clintons start extracting their revenge.)
To: Non-Sequitur
He pays. Instead of paying royalties to the author, Crissie Hynde, Limbaugh donates the equivalent amount to PETA. Yes,I knew that he paid.I recall him saying something about it.But can Hynde (assuming she owns the rights) forbid him from using it even if he pays? I thought that that was what RIAA and ASCAP were all about...determining who owns what and what someone has to pay to use another's "property" (the song to be played).
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