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Permission Not Sought Or Granted
Eschaton — Copyright laws are for other people.

Hey John? Dream another dream, this dream is over
SteveAudio — "Right Now" Van Halen is pi$$ed that McCain used their song during the repub VP coronation! Anyone else think the campaign never saw the video? They should have gone with my suggestion: Cross posted at VidiotSpeak

McCain Hates (Other People's) Property
Daily Kos — John McCain has already gotten in trouble for unauthorized use of songs and other intellectual property of John Mellencamp, Frank Valli,  ABBA, John Hall of Orleans, Chuck Berry, Mike Myers, and Jackson Browne. Now, it's Van Halen's turn to be ripped off by McCain. They say: Van Halen management tells us the band had no idea McCain was planning on using "Right Now" during his big entrance in Ohio telling us, "Permission was not sought or granted nor would it have been given." Let's be ...

The Sound of Silence
Swampland — ... ": "The song ‘Barracuda’ was written in the late ’70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The ‘barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there." Van Halen's "Right Now": "Permission was not sought or granted nor would it have been given." Jackson Browne's " ...

Getting Sued by Musicians: A McCain-Palin Tradition
Hit & Run — ... , and Van Halen have all been down that brambly path already. If this keeps up, soon the background music at all Republican campaign events will just be a loop of  ...