Posted on 09/07/2008 12:50:58 PM PDT by pissant
The question is whether the campaign is paying the fees.
What’s wrong with Lee Greenwood?
‘Ride of the Valkyries’ would be a good one.
‘I love the taste of liberals in the morning.’
It is nothing but Political Theater.
Republicans know that the artists will object to the campaigns using their song and understand that with the artist’s objection there will be media attention that will favor the candidate over the washed-up artist.
In the end the candidate garners votes.
It is all planned and most are not able to understand the political theater being played.
What's wrong with "God Bless the U.S.A."?
Hall and Oates have a song called “ Sarah Smile “ and I’m pretty sure their conservative by nature .
Running on Empty?
Think again. Intellectual property law has been corrupted on behalf of software houses and publishers so that things don’t pass into the public domain even 30 plus years after the death of the author and 70 plus year after publication: rights to Robert Frost’s (d. 1968) “Fire and Ice”, published in 1928, is still controlled by Henry Holt & Co. so that the goth band Unto Ashes couldn’t get the rights to record it as song lyrics.
Copyright and patent law have become impediments to artistic and scientific creativity, rather than supports: they no longer reserve exclusive rights to authors and inventors for a limited term. Instead the reserve exclusive rights to companies that buy the rights from the actual creative individuals for functionally unlimited terms (anything important has a copyright or patent about the expire, if the holder has a fat enough lobbying budget, Congress will oblige and create a means for the copyright or patent to be extended).
No can’t use Wagner or the libs would say we were “NAZIS”. Mark my words.
You are right.
Besides, as far as I can tell, Heart has no legal basis to complain.
Let’s get a new song.
Nominations?
Mine?
Well, THE song needs to focus upon the top of the ticket. Something already used and classic might work: Johnny B. Goode.
LOL, that’s funny!
I honestly have a mental list of these “performers”. They shoot their mouth off, they get no money from me. If I like their politics, I buy their stuff. Free market.
Nothing at all. Throw it into the mix if you’d like, but we don’t need no stinkin’ Mellancamp or Heart. Only patriots need apply.
I think she said her parents were Rush fans and liked to here it on Rush. And of course, royalties add up.
I think they feel charitable and want to recognize those artists that have yet to make it big ;-)
IIRC, the copyright on the film itself lapsed since the creators failed to renew it. The copyright on some of the music within the film was renewed, however, and did not lapse. The film producers probably got an agreement with the copyright holders of the music not to license it to anyone else who wanted to use it with the film.
By my understanding, if someone wanted to release a version of "It's a Wonderful Life" with all the copyrighted music replaced by something else, one could legally do so. Such a person would be so thoroughly slammed for altering a classic, though, that I don't think one would likely bother.
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