Republican party apologises to singer Jackson Browne

[Douglas Carpenter]

Republican party apologises to singer Jackson Browne

Browne sued the party and former presidential candidate John McCain for using his song Running on Empty

link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/21/jackson-browne-republicans-john-mccain


Jackson Browne. Photograph: Neal Preston/Corbis

snip: "Senator John McCain and the Republican party are apologising to Jackson Browne for using one of his songs during last year's presidential campaign.

The Republican party is also vowing to get artists' permission before using musicians' work in future political campaigns.

The apology and pledge were released today along with an announcement of a settlement with Browne over a federal copyright infringement lawsuit filed last year in Los Angeles. Browne sued McCain and the national and Ohio Republican parties for using part of his song Running on Empty to mock Democrat Barack Obama's proposed energy policies in an internet advert."

snip: "McCain's campaign ran afoul of several musicians during his presidential run, including the Foo Fighters, Heart and John Mellencamp."

snip: "The musician's suit stated that Browne was concerned that use of his music would cause people to conclude he was endorsing McCain, even though the 60-year-old singer is a self-described liberal."


link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/21/jackson-browne-republicans-john-mccain

[LynneSin]

1. 1 down and about 300 million more US citizens to go

then they can get started on the rest of the world.

Congrats for Browne standing up for this!

[tularetom]

4. Guess they're stuck with "Cat Scratch Fever" and "You Light Up My Life"

[liberal N proud]

7. Dont forget No More Mr. Nice Guy and Waltz for the Lonely

from Pat Boone

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. Good for Jackson Browne!

McCain neds to be called out on shit like this!

[walldude]

3. Good for Jackson...

Why any Republican would be stupid enough to use a Jackson Browne song and thing that JB wouldn't be pissed off is beyond me. He has been an outspoken liberal activist for decades. That use of Running on Empty was almost as funny as Reagan using Born In The USA as a pro US song.

[gratuitous]

5. Sorry we ripped you off

No money? Don't Republicans believe in paying for things? Or is their sense of entitlement so outsized that they feel they can steal with impunity and issue a lame, half-assed apology months later to the person or persons they ripped off? But then, Republicans are always so magnanimous and generous when something they think they own is in peril of being taken away, so maybe the lame, half-assed apology months later is suitable.

[LynneSin]

6. I wish Heart had gone after them in a lawsuit

They were pissed the repukes were using Baracuda for Sarah Palin

[kestrel91316]

8. I got to see them perform "Barracuda" up close and personal here

at UCLA last fall when they played at an Obama gathering and they TOOK IT BACK. Literally.

[Douglas Carpenter]

9. one little kick for the next shift