> "Mason Barge" <masonba...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> "The Questioner" <calamaroo...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> [...]
>>> I think McCain/Palin should definitely stop playing Heart's version of
>>> "Barracuda". They should respect their copyrights.

>> McCain is fully "respecting their copyrights".  The Wilson sisters put
>> the license in the open market for a royalty fee, which the McCain
>> campaign paid.

>> There is a bit of dishonesty here, in the Wilson's demanding that McCain
>> "cease and desist" from using their song.  This language is a term of art
>> in court orders enjoining illegal activity.  The Wilsons do not have, are
>> not going to get, and are not even going to file a complaint seeking a
>> "cease and desist" order, because the usage is legal.

>> What the Wilsons did was request that McCain stop using the song.

>> I'm not pro-McCain, but this crappy PR "spin" is a bit of unsavory
>> dishonesty.  And don't tell me it isn't dishonest, since it clearly
>> fooled you, as it was intended to do.

> I have no knowledge of the Wilsons, the song or their agreements.  But I
> wouldn't be too hard on them.  If you are in the entertainment industry,
> TV, music or movies, doing any thing that even appears to be anti-Obama
> can be very hazardous to your career.  And if an evil Republicans buys the
> rights to one of your songs and plays it, in the eyes of the left wingers,
> that qualifies as being anti-Obama.