...It's not like someone who use to write Pop cheese, is now a devout political hound and is focusing all his talent on pushing a political point...
The exception...
...It's not like someone who use to write Pop cheese, is now a devout political hound and is focusing all his talent on pushing a political point...
I'm not talking about the guys who have been openly political with their art and their views from the start of their careers...I can accept that...
Minor copyright aside: while you can generally play whatever song you want at a rally (if you just pay the standard licensing fee for the composition to ASCAP or BMI or SESAC), licensing a song for a TV ad is different. Such licenses usually need to be negotiated, can be costly, and it isn't unusual for composers and artists to exercise some control over what products or things the song is being used to promote.
It's fairly surprising that someone with remotely savvy advertising and legal people working for him would accidentally use a song in an ad without the appropriate licenses.
Yes you see this all of the time and they change the words within the song to fit the product!
Another right wing rock star ~ Mick Jagger.
This is Sir Michael Phillip Jagger we are talking about, right ? The one that was described by surprized establishment figures as a "right wing libertarian" ? The one the left wingers said they never took seriously as any kind of street fighting man ?Which aspect of Jagger's voting record do you believe qualifies as "right wing"?
If I was Tom Petty I wouldn't sue. I would just point out that Michelle Bachman is s fucking airhead.