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Ted Cruz Sued for $2 Million for Lifting Songs for Campaign Ads
Newsmax ^ | May 12, 2016 | Clyde Hughes

Posted on 05/12/2016 4:26:39 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Audiosocket sued Ted Cruz in federal court Monday, charging that the former Republican presidential candidate and his campaign's Hollywood-based advertising firm used music that it owns for political purposes without permission.

According to GeekWire.com, the background music in the Cruz video titled "Victories" is from the recording "Lens" by Sarah Schachner. Likewise, the video "Best to Come," features music by Brad Couture called "Fear of Complacency."

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016woes; 2million; cruuzmusiz; cruz; cruz2016; geekwirw; lawsuit; music; musiclicense; pettroll; teamcruz
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May be time to dust off the old Canadian passport, eh.
1 posted on 05/12/2016 4:26:39 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

He’s dead, Jim. Let it go already.


2 posted on 05/12/2016 4:27:32 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Cruz is a menace to society and should be locked up forever.


3 posted on 05/12/2016 4:28:05 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

WHO’S GOT THE CRUZ PING LIST?!?


4 posted on 05/12/2016 4:29:17 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (MAGA! Make America Great Argain)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

This always happens to Republicans. Fair use onl applies to Leftist


5 posted on 05/12/2016 4:35:05 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

When you’re AnoinTed, what are a little thing like laws?


6 posted on 05/12/2016 4:36:55 PM PDT by Yashcheritsiy (You can't have a constitution without a country to go with it)
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To: Fai Mao

It sounds like his campaign did everything right and hired a Hollywood-based advertising firm to handle it- they used music.

Lawsuit out of Seattle, it figures.


7 posted on 05/12/2016 4:37:57 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Yashcheritsiy
When you’re AnoinTed, what are a little thing like laws?


8 posted on 05/12/2016 4:38:26 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (If you can't graciously honor JimRob's wishes, then kindly stay the hell out of his house.)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Billy Ray was a preacher’s son
And when his daddy would visit he’d come along


9 posted on 05/12/2016 4:39:35 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: johniegrad

He ain’t fully dead until Cleveland. We can’t trust him.

http://footballreportersonline.com/2016/05/12/cruz-mulling-a-possible-re-entry-into-the-presidential-race/


10 posted on 05/12/2016 4:40:00 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
I thought he was a law & order constitutionalist?
11 posted on 05/12/2016 4:40:10 PM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

It’s over, move on...


12 posted on 05/12/2016 4:46:14 PM PDT by EEGator
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It’s over, move on...

Probably the only victory this poster has ever achieved.

13 posted on 05/12/2016 4:48:28 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Sounds like Madison McQueen is the culprit and Cruz is just on the bill for publicity.

But IAMNAL.


14 posted on 05/12/2016 4:52:03 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Hannity talked today about how he’s been sued for playing very short segments of songs on his show.

It came up when a long-time caller called in, and for the first time, Hannity didn’t play the caller’s theme song (”More Than a Woman,” IIRC).


15 posted on 05/12/2016 4:52:04 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Here’s the case, it names both Madison McQueen (producers of the videos who acted on behalf of the Cruz campaign) and the Cruz campaign.

http://blog.audiosocket.com/post/144154886817/tedcruzaudiosocketcomplaint?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=TCPost&utm_campaign=TCBlogPost


16 posted on 05/12/2016 4:53:49 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: johniegrad

Beating a dead horse is weak, especially when we have a geriatric Socialist and a Commie dyke in the running.


17 posted on 05/12/2016 4:54:43 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: MUDDOG

I read it as libs attacking republicans. Or perhaps they sue everyone these days.


18 posted on 05/12/2016 4:56:41 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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“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.”


19 posted on 05/12/2016 5:10:12 PM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Now he can’t bash Trump for Trump University.


20 posted on 05/12/2016 5:14:06 PM PDT by castlegreyskull
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