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Rock Artists tell Republican Candidates to Stop Using their Songs




By Sébastien ODDOS member of a.d.c.i. - Date : 2010-06-04 - Country : ETATS-UNIS - Subject : Litigations - IP Field : Copyright & neighbouring rights


The Canadian progressive rock band 'Rush' have told US Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul of Kentucky to stop using their music in his election campaign.

This kind of claim is not unusual. Yesterday a Californian federal judge (District Court) also ruled for Don Henley (Eagles), holding that (Republican) politician Chuck Devore’s new lyrics to “The Boys of Summer” and “All She Wants to Do is Dance” were not a fair use under the US Copyright Act. In this case the judge held that the new lyrics did not constitute [...]

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