[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.

[Z2]

He licensed it. He paid the fees. He can use it.

Well, I guess we have a fact question as to whether FR's use is commercial. It would appear from Jim's responses that no license was obtained, no fees were paid, and no permission was granted.

I'm curious to know whether permission was sought, and if so, what was the reponse? I believe perhaps BobJ can speak to that issue, if he will. I would also be curious to know whether the management of FR makes it a policy to discuss matters such as this before they utilize someone's property for their own purposes.

I find FR's philosophy about private property to be rather curious, being the conservative site it claims to be.

I appreciate your input, Deb.

[M. Thatcher]

You mean Chrissy Hynde. But other than that, you are correct.

[A Navy Vet]

Are you thinking of The Pretenders?