Right...how about Rush playing The Pretenders song “My City Was Gone”.
Same gig.
“Right...how about Rush playing The Pretenders song “My City Was Gone”.
Same gig.”
Actually, Rush’s case was a lot more complicated and got really interesting from a legal wonkish point of view.
IIRC, Rush’s case went like this:
Chrissie originally threw a hissy fit on a public forum of some kind (during a radio interview or something similar).
Chrissie’s lawyers then went after Rush for using “City was Gone” as a “theme song” not just as a bumper due to his constant use of the tune. And since the regular BMI/ASCAP fees don’t cover that use they claimed Rush was violating the licensing.
Then Chrissie [the boneheaded moron] while getting grilled about the situation in another interview claims she didn’t really care if Rush used the song or not.
Ooops! Chrissie just put her lawyers in a really bad spot and people started asking questions about whether the lawyers were actually working on their client’s instructions or if they initiated the action against Rush on their own. This, obviously, is a very bad breach of ethics and is one of the few things that will actually get a lawyer disbarred. [I suspect that Rush got some good advice about ethics violations from his dear friend Mark Levin after Chrissie shot off her mouth.]
And surprise, surprise, soon after that the whole kerfuffle just melted away and Rush still uses “City was Gone” and Chrissie now claims that she never really cared.