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- jepaco, on 09/05/2008, -0/+12When are you liberals going to learn that Republicans don't need to follow the law?
- barblibrarian, on 09/05/2008, -0/+8But, here is my question. Do the artists have to give them at least one notice before they can sue for damages? If that is true, then the Repugs can use any song they want to ONCE without even acknowledging the artist, get their little slap on the wrist and then go on about their merry way to use a different song next time. I think the artists should be allowed to claim a fee on the first use if it is this blatantly obvious the group using the song knows fully well they should be obtaining permission or paying for the right to use a song. How many times will they get to do this before someone pulls their plug?
PS. Did you all know that Phil Gramm also used his Whiners line a second time, too? Didn't make the news the second time, did it? See, we are just letting these jerks get away with treating everyone like dirt!!! - hawkeye17, on 09/05/2008, -0/+6And people are surprised that the Republican party is stealing the "hippies" music? The musicians are Hollywood elitists so it's OK to steal from them at will. That was probably the actual rationalization they used to support theft of intellectual property rights. Republicans are by and large...pigs.
- vatosplace, on 09/06/2008, -0/+4If they asked for permission first all they would have is Toby Keith songs.
- InvisibleInk, on 09/06/2008, -0/+4McCain should have used Heart's "Crazy on You" for his theme song, because he is going to go crazy on you, and everyone else if he's elected emperor.
- hawkeye17, on 09/05/2008, -0/+3But nobody used the song on National Television is support of a political event now did they? Your analogy is 100% Fail.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -2/+5How can we expect him to chase Bin Laden to the gates of hell when he can't even chase down permission to play an old Heart song?
- Gabberwok, on 09/06/2008, -0/+2If the RIAA can sue grandmothers for hundreds of thousands of dollars, shouldn't Heart be able to get at least a few million out of the McCain campaign for this? I mean, you could consider each time the song played * the number of people in the audience to be individual acts of infringement.
- inactive, on 09/05/2008, -3/+4Are all rightards so unethical that they will do whatever they want despite the wishes of the artists?
Imagine, rightard shill, that you wrote a song, and OBAMA was using it in his campaign.
Everything you despise (namely uppity blacks) would be using YOUR work to screw you.
If you are so ***** dumb you can't figure that out, the you are a perfect little rightard. - Gabberwok, on 09/06/2008, -0/+1Must. Resist. Overwhelming urge. To quote. Judge Dredd...
- EatingPie, on 09/06/2008, -1/+1How many of us have downloaded music illegally? If we have, that makes us a bit hypocritical saying the RNC was so terrible and evil for using music illegally. And, even then, they probably payed their ASCAP fee and thought they had the right to use it.
-Pie - qpingu, on 09/06/2008, -1/+1The McCain camp must have had permission from the record companies. However, the artists are the ones that end up asking that their songs don't get played after the fact.
- Dabaum, on 09/05/2008, -5/+4Since all cool artists seem to be liberals, his campaign would be musically ***** if they didn't use this strategy. Country and bluegrass just doesn't get you pumped the same way.
- inactive, on 09/06/2008, -1/+0use of any music once it is sold or published is called "fair use" according the the US Constitutional law, has been, and likely always will be.
that said, it's time for the 'Raising McCain' song. - inactive, on 09/06/2008, -3/+1Funny how all of you are sticking up for Heart while the vast majority have gigabytes of illegal songs sitting on your liberal hard drives.
- inactive, on 09/06/2008, -2/+0use of any music once it is sold or published is called "fair use" according the the US Constitutional law, has been, and likely always will be.
that said, it's time for the 'Raising McCain' song. - Ridgeliner7, on 09/05/2008, -8/+3Are Diggers really so dumb as to actually believe artists have a say in who uses their music?
They don't. All artists must release their music to record labels, and so long as royalties are paid to BMI or ASCAP, anyone can play anything they want. One doesn't need to ask permission, BMI and ASCAP monitor all venues and radio and TV, and knows. In this case the venue would be responsible for submitting payment, or more likely, they already pay an annual fee for anything played in the arena.
So, please, I know its hard to know all of this, but I knew this little fact in 7th Grade, which is more or less the average grade level of most Digg users....
Oh.....wait...never mind, I see who submitted this. - wxjunkie, on 09/05/2008, -7/+1And for the 12,000,000th time today, someone, somewhere, illegally downloaded a song.
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