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« on: February 21, 2012, 02:23:37 am »
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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/the-obama-album/
I'm especially pissed about "Wavin' Flag". Such a good song used by such a scumbag.
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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2012, 02:39:55 am »
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Mitt Romney using "Wavin' Flag" as a campaign song is one of the most hilarious things.
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« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2012, 02:54:44 am »
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What's hilarious is the unsurprising fact that the Obama campaign is the first in history to have their own "official album." It's kind of like how Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned...
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« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2012, 01:13:55 pm »
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Quote from: Politico on February 21, 2012, 02:54:44 am
What's hilarious is the unsurprising fact that the Obama campaign is the first in history to have their own "official album." It's kind of like how Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned...

It's really not like that at all.

Not least since it's historically attested.
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2012, 01:42:02 pm »
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I'm surprised any campaign would be playing songs without permission from the artists.
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« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2012, 01:45:38 pm »
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McCain, if memory serves, got into some minor trouble for using a John Mellencamp song (Mellencamp is VERY left-wing) last time around.
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« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2012, 01:46:26 pm »
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I'm surprised any campaign would be playing songs without permission from the artists.
They tend to think copyright laws apply only on the internet.
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« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2012, 01:49:52 pm »
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Quote from: consigliere jmfcst on February 21, 2012, 01:42:02 pm
I'm surprised any campaign would be playing songs without permission from the artists.

Republicans have done this before, it is nothing new.
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« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2012, 01:50:26 pm »
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Quote from: Lief on February 21, 2012, 02:39:55 am
Mitt Romney using "Wavin' Flag" as a campaign song is one of the most hilarious things.

Lmao!
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« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2012, 01:51:00 pm »
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Quote from: consigliere jmfcst on February 21, 2012, 01:42:02 pm
I'm surprised any campaign would be playing songs without permission from the artists.
They tend to think copyright laws apply only on the internet.

Nah, not really. They just don't think copyright laws apply to them.
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2012, 01:54:21 pm »
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I'm actually always surprised Republicans haven't tried (or at least threatened) to weaken copyright laws in order to get back at them for this sort of behavior.
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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2012, 02:27:21 pm »
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In 1988, Bobby McFerrin objected to GHWB to using "Don't Worry, Be Happy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin

This is nothing new.
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« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2012, 03:03:27 pm »
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And in Germany in 2005, the Rolling Stones objected to the CDU using Angie. You know, because of Angie Merkel. Who listens to foreign language lyrics, anyways?
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« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2012, 03:15:53 pm »
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Quote from: J. J. on February 21, 2012, 02:27:21 pm
In 1988, Bobby McFerrin objected to GHWB to using "Don't Worry, Be Happy."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin

This is nothing new.
The funny thing is that people that people search don't worry be happy as a bob marley song.
edit: how bad would it be to use a Bob Marley song politically? I am guessing only Ron Paul would have enough balls to do that. Maybe Kucinich too.
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« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2012, 04:34:39 pm »
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Bob Marley's music is too optomistic about the future to get involved with the core messages of major party politics.
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« Reply #15 on: February 21, 2012, 09:09:03 pm »
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Don't Democrats do the same with songs by conservative leaning musicians?
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« Reply #16 on: February 21, 2012, 09:11:45 pm »
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Quote from: consigliere jmfcst on February 21, 2012, 01:42:02 pm
I'm surprised any campaign would be playing songs without permission from the artists.
They tend to think copyright laws apply only on the internet.
More likely the artists are no longer the rights holders.  Unlike Europe, U.S. copyright law does not generally recognize the concept of an inalienable moral right to determine how their songs are used. That makes using a song the artist doesn't want used by a political campaign a PR problem, not a copyright problem.
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« Reply #17 on: February 21, 2012, 10:44:48 pm »
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Don't Democrats do the same with songs by conservative leaning musicians?

I'm not familiar with any conservative-leaning musicians who have been used in such way.
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« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2012, 10:49:31 pm »
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Don't Democrats do the same with songs by conservative leaning musicians?

I'm not familiar with any conservative-leaning musicians who have been used in such way.

That's more like it. Wink
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McCain, if memory serves, got into some minor trouble for using a John Mellencamp song (Mellencamp is VERY left-wing) last time around.

Was it "Pink Houses"? If so that's hilarious since that is so not a patriotic song, it's funny Republicans use songs like that without paying any attention to the lyrics beyond a few lines in the chorus (much like "Born in the USA")
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« Reply #20 on: February 21, 2012, 11:22:18 pm »
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Don't Democrats do the same with songs by conservative leaning musicians?

I'm not familiar with any conservative-leaning musicians who have been used in such way.

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« Reply #21 on: February 21, 2012, 11:38:26 pm »
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This happens every year.  It doesn't really last as a headline for more than a day.  Although, it's obnoxious of the GOP to do it.
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Quote from: Nathan on February 21, 2012, 01:45:38 pm
McCain, if memory serves, got into some minor trouble for using a John Mellencamp song (Mellencamp is VERY left-wing) last time around.

Was it "Pink Houses"? If so that's hilarious since that is so not a patriotic song, it's funny Republicans use songs like that without paying any attention to the lyrics beyond a few lines in the chorus (much like "Born in the USA")

It was indeed 'Pink Houses'.
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« Reply #23 on: February 21, 2012, 11:43:16 pm »
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Quote from: Nathan on February 21, 2012, 11:39:55 pm
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Quote from: Nathan on February 21, 2012, 01:45:38 pm
McCain, if memory serves, got into some minor trouble for using a John Mellencamp song (Mellencamp is VERY left-wing) last time around.

Was it "Pink Houses"? If so that's hilarious since that is so not a patriotic song, it's funny Republicans use songs like that without paying any attention to the lyrics beyond a few lines in the chorus (much like "Born in the USA")

It was indeed 'Pink Houses'.

How much you wanna bet Naso loves that song and believes it's a patriotic anthem?
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Quote from: We Know Who Our Enemies Are on February 21, 2012, 11:43:16 pm
Quote from: Nathan on February 21, 2012, 11:39:55 pm
Quote from: We Know Who Our Enemies Are on February 21, 2012, 11:07:41 pm
Quote from: Nathan on February 21, 2012, 01:45:38 pm
McCain, if memory serves, got into some minor trouble for using a John Mellencamp song (Mellencamp is VERY left-wing) last time around.

Was it "Pink Houses"? If so that's hilarious since that is so not a patriotic song, it's funny Republicans use songs like that without paying any attention to the lyrics beyond a few lines in the chorus (much like "Born in the USA")

It was indeed 'Pink Houses'.

How much you wanna bet Naso loves that song and believes it's a patriotic anthem?

Naso believes Jack and Diane were being benifited by his hero Ronald Reagan, so go figure.
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