“They got the wrong license, they put it on TV, they realized they shouldn’t have put it on TV, they called asking for permission, we said no, they didn’t come clean at that time and they kept broadcasting,” Audiosocket’s chief executive Brent McCrossen told GeekWire.com.”
“That’s why we took the approach we did, because the facts of the matter were so astonishing,” McCrossen said, referring to Audiosocket’s filing of a suit in a U.S. District Court in Seattle.”
“The lawsuit is seeking $2 million, according to The Seattle Times, charging $25,000 for each claimed breach of contract, plus damages. The Times reported that one of the ads aired on the Fox Business Channel 86 times. The “Best to Come” ad has been viewed on YouTube 12,000 times.”
“They” is Madison McQueen.
There are no charges against anyone else.
There is a link to the complaint in the article.
Unless MM told Cruz or the campaign about the illegality of MM’s use of the songs I don’t see any culpability by Cruz.
But I guess it could depend on MM’s contract with the campaign.