OMGosh someone threw a tomato at tRump after he called Bernie a communist!!!!!

When Can Campaigns Use Music?

To use music in advertisements (television and internet), a campaign needs to receive legal permission from both the song’s publisher and the artist’s record label. The use of music at a live campaign event requires a “public performance” license, generally attained from one of the United States’ performing rights organizations. These organizations track the use of music and help distribute royalties from such events.

Technically, campaigns do not need to receive explicit permission from the artist to use their work, but it should be noted that even if a politician has all the requisite legal permissions the artist can still sue the campaign. The author(s) could make a claim to their “Right of Publicity,” which is a legal protection many states give celebrities and artists. The right of publicity generally protects the use of someone’s name and likeness for commercial reasons. However, this right is not yet nationally recognized. On the federal level, the Lanham Act protects an artist’s trademark or brand by offering protection against false endorsement in which the use of an artist’s work can imply the artist’s support. Politicians and their campaigns also need to acquire proper licensing from the publisher, record label, and venue.

What About Fair Use?

One of the most crucial pieces of U.S. copyright law, created to ensure the protection of free speech, is the doctrine of fair use. Fair use is defined as the copying of copyrighted material done for a “limited and ‘transformative’ purpose,” which may legally be done without the artist’s or license holder’s. However, fair use is loosely defined and limited by various court decisions.

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Several Iowa football players, including quarterback C.J. Beathard, were at a rally supporting Presidential candidate Donald Trump at the University of Iowa on Tuesday night.

The players were on stage prior to Trump’s arrival, tossing Trump’s “Make America Great Again” caps into the crowd and telling rallygoers to vote for Trump. Sophomore tight end Peter Pekar held up a black and gold Iowa jersey with a No. 1 and Trump’s name on the back.

After Trump arrived at the event, he called the players on stage and was especially glowing about Beathard.

“We’ve got the next Tom Brady right over here,” Trump said. “The quarterback, he’s gonna be the next Tom Brady. And I know Tom and he’s a great guy.”

Trump gets $2,000,000 challenge from Bloom County’s Berkeley Breathed

In case you missed the news, cartoonist Berkeley Breathed resurrected the Pulitzer prize-winning comic stip, “Bloom County,” earlier this month after a 25-year absence and immediately went after one of his favorite targets, Donald Trump.

Breathed issued a challenge to the 2016 presidential candidate over on his Facebook page, writing that if Trump can prove “NO shared DNA” between his “head fur” and that of his pet Lhasa Apso,” then the “Really Loaded Friends of Bloom County” will pay a charity of Trump’s choice $2,000,000.

The post then included an image of a cashier’s check from billionaire Mark Cuban made out to “Armed Border Patriots”:

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