Mellencamp asks McCain to Stop using his music

[SomeMildLanguage]

Toby Keith is a Democrat, incidentally.

 

[Roger]

as stated earlier in the thread, it is potentially a stupid business decision.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Legally speaking, do political candidates really have to purchase the rights to the songs that are played at rallies, events, etc? I honestly don't know. I would assume they do for TV & radio ads, but it would seem to me that "background music" for an event or a gathering of some sort would be fair game. Then again, I'm not an attorney.

I'd say if they're not required to by law to purchase the rights, then Mellencamp has no real argument. However that shouldn't keep him from asking McCain to stop if he feels that strongly about it. And that's really all he's doing. It's not like he's raising a big stink (not yet anyway).

 

[eflow24]

My only thoughts on this comes down to what we actually purchase when we buy a cd or download a song. If I purchase a cd, do i not have the right to play that song whenever I want?

Could a singer conceivably come to a rally I am having to support the Longhorns and tell me i cannot use his/her music?

 

[FondrenRoad]

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[Texas007]

I have a bigger issue with McCain's poor choice in music ;-)