Urk. Remember when I told you the GOP was getting lousy IP advice? It hasn’t gotten better:
Singer, songwriter, liberal activist and now John McCain scourge Jackson Browne filed a lawsuit today against the presumptive GOP nominee and the Republican Party for failing to obtain a license to use one of his songs in a television commercial… This is the second time in a week a celebrity has chastised the McCain camp for allegedly illegally using his or her material. Mike Myers, earlier this week, insisted that the Arizona Republican take down a web ad that … used a “we’re not worthy” clip from his movie Wayne’s World.
And yes, I did just link to Huffington Post (credit to “metoo“). Having said all this — the copyright claim does seem pretty cut and dried — the high level of detached professionalism in what follows is something else altogether (link added):
Lawrence Iser of the Santa Monica, California law firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert said in a press release. “In light of Jackson Browne’s lifelong commitment to Democratic ideals and political candidates, the misappropriation of Jackson Browne’s endorsement is entirely reprehensible, and I have no doubt that a jury will agree.”
“Endorsement”?
“Reprehensible”?
And that’s for John McCain. Can you imagine if the GOP nominee-apparent were an actual right-winger? That would make copyright infringement genocide, probably.
Well, we don’t know about the suggestion of “endorsement” from a wealthy has-been soft-rock advocate for dependance on foreign oil who evidently trolls the boulevards looking for infringement litigation opportunities, or the scale of human misery that places what is obviously mere negligence or stupidity by someone in the category of “reprehensible” … but it does look like a copyright infringement — by someone.
Originally posted on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION®.
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Was it wise to lift music from an arch-leftist in the first place?
What, was Lee Greenwood unavailable or something?
No!  Read the post, Ken. It was stupid.
Was it reprehensible, though?
Ron Coleman’s last blog post..?Fairness,? where is they sting?
About as reprehensible as Senator Obama’s misappropriation of Star Trek.
But not nearly as reprehensible as letting Daryl Hannah get away.
And if it seems like I’m not giving this matter the serious consideration that it deserves: yes, I am.
JJ suing? McCain just got the youth vote.
“But not nearly as reprehensible as letting Daryl Hannah get away.”
That’s sick. He beat her. Alas, he’s sue happy.
“Browne’s attorney, Lawrence Iser, said that he demanded in a letter to TBS that it "cease and desist" airing the program again "until false and defamatory scenes accusing Mr. Browne of assaulting actress Daryl Hannah are removed." "Mr. Browne has never assaulted Daryl Hannah. Ms. Hannah never filed a police report claiming such an assault and Mr. Browne was never arrested for or charged with such an assault," a spokesman for the singer said. Hannah was a former girlfriend of both Browne and Kennedy.”
black eye.
or Jackson Browne is just in favor of censorship – take your pick.
You have any proof? Or do we just accept rumors as criminal convictions these days? Your own citation disproves the rumor.
Springsteen pulled this crap on Reagan too. It means nothing look how Reagan destroyed the competition. It’s all the same crap all over again, every year!
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