Did anyone else catch the clips of the last night of the GOP convention, where John McCain’s campaign was blasting the song "Barracuda" by Heart? [Reportedly, the tune was meant to be a theme song for GOP VP pick Sarah Palin, whose high school nickname was said to be "Sarah Barracuda." Yeah. I know. I'm not making this up].
Did the McCain campaign obtain legal permission to use the song? Fuck no. They just stole it.
Heart’s representative issued a statement:
"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission. We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."
Heart should sue the bastards. I would [not that the McCain campaign would ever use KFG's "Porn Star" as a theme song].
Even funnier is the fact that last month, McCain released his technology policy, in which he promised to “protect the creative industries from piracy.”
Uh huh.
But it's not the first time the McCain people have stolen music. ThinkProgress reported that McCain infringes on artists’ copyrights all the time.
What a piece of shit.
Did the McCain campaign obtain legal permission to use the song? Fuck no. They just stole it.
Heart’s representative issued a statement:
"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission. We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."
Heart should sue the bastards. I would [not that the McCain campaign would ever use KFG's "Porn Star" as a theme song].
Even funnier is the fact that last month, McCain released his technology policy, in which he promised to “protect the creative industries from piracy.”
Uh huh.
But it's not the first time the McCain people have stolen music. ThinkProgress reported that McCain infringes on artists’ copyrights all the time.
What a piece of shit.
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