[Z2]

Deb,

Another question comes to mind. Hypothetically, what if a copyright holder simply didn't wish to have his song associated with a particular event, and refused permission for that reason? Does he have the right to control who can use his property in that circumstance?

[Jim Robinson]

$15 in from Texas. Thank you Texas!!

[Deb]

As Joan Jett found out with the music Rush uses for his show opens and bumpers...tough. He licensed it. He paid the fees. He can use it. Of course when someone said JJ objected to its use, Rush dropped her music because he's a gentleman, but he didn't have to. She then backed down and claimed she never objected, at which point Rush used it again, but she could have pulled it from her catalog if she had wanted to be a bitch.

But Limbaugh's show is obviously a commercial/for profit production so your question doesn't quite apply.

It used to be that 8 bars of a song could be used without royalties being sought, but I'm not sure if that's still law.