According to the Reuters article -
The co-writer of 1980s hit "Eye of the Tiger" has filed a federal lawsuit against Republican Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign for playing the song at a rally for Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign gay marriage licenses.
Frank Sullivan, a guitarist and founding member of the band Survivor, sued Huckabee for President for unauthorized public performance of the song. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, claims the campaign infringed on Sullivan's copyright, which he holds through his publishing company, Rude Music.
Sullivan, who filed the suit in federal court in Illinois, where he lives, asked that Huckabee's campaign be prohibited from unauthorized performances of the song and asked a federal judge to determine damages.The comment box is one entire gem and I believe Sullivan shares similar views. It's a strange lawsuit (I don't buy the "you didn't ask permission" card) since I can't remember a Democrat getting sued over this sort of thing. According to this CBS list, eight Republicans have been asked to stop using the songs they've played when they're introduced to a crowd. So you're telling me Republicans seem to fail to ask permission to use the original song and Democrats are on top of it? Gimme a break.
Scott Walker was told outright that he was hated by Dropkick Murphys due to his stance on unions.
It's become a staple of politics: a politician walks onstage to a song. Musician gets mad. The latest flare-up came when the punk band Dropkick Murphys instructed Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to "please stop using our music in any way," they tweeted, then added: "We literally hate you !!!"Barack Obama was also told to stop using "Hold On, I'm Comin'", but the cease & desist was given in a very generous manner. "Sam Moore of the duo asked the campaign to stop, saying that he hasn't endorsed a candidate although he found it "thrilling" a black man was running."
Who the heck is Charlie Crist? I don't know. Apparently ee's a Republican, who at the time of being sued, was running for the Republican Senate seat for Florida. A Republican? Well, sue him!
The music industry basically hates every Republican - it's a liberal, if not leftist, industry, so it comes to little surprise that they do not want their music to be played, let alone associated to people & a party they loathe for various reasons. Did the musicians who didn't want Rubio to play their song know anything about Rubio? I doubt it. How about Romney, besides that he was white religious man who made millions in business? Probably not. He was a Republican. That's all they needed to know to reject him.
Back in 2012, Fox News also noticed this bizarre bigotry. Yet Attorney Larry Isler states -
"I would say certainly in recent years, there's been a greater unlicensed use of songs by Republican candidates,” Iser, said. “The point that the musician is making is not about the [political] party. The position they're taking is: This is what we do for a living, we are protected by copyright, and if you're running for election, you need to respect the law. It just is a coincidence really, simple as that."Hiding behind "property rights," I see. As Joe Scarborough heatedly said that Republican anchors almost never held a major seat on any of the major news networks.
Iser stresses that when it comes to music and campaigns, artists and songwriters only want to protect their intellectual property rights and ensure that they aren’t involuntary endorsers of candidates and campaign messages.
"If you're Jackson Browne or you're David Byrne or if you're Kid Rock, you have the right, just like you and I have, to choose to endorse somebody or not,” he continued. “When the song is used without permission, you've taken away the choice that the songwriter has to say 'yes' or say 'no.' Another reason, which is more fundamental, is that when you take somebody's song and use it without permission, then the songwriter and the singer, the performer, they don't get paid. People often forget that writing songs and performing them and selling records and actually licensing music for use in advertising, that's how these guys make a living. That’s how they put food on the table."
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