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Re: The Republican National Committee does not have
Wrenn... thank you very much for your information and the accompanying link. You seem quite knowledgeable on the subject of music licensing. (Don't work for Sony, do you? - just kidding!) From what I understand, the RNC needed their own individual license to legally use the song ''Barracuda'' and couldn't just rely on the limited ASCAP license ...
Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 9, 2008
Re: The Republican National Committee does not have
The Republican National Convention was being held in the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Minnesota, who did have a license to use the song for certain specific sporting events... specifically hockey and lacrosse. It is unclear whether the RNC held a seperate license which would have been required of them to legally use the Heart song ...
Posted to Politics by NorthStar on September 8, 2008
Over the line - Branding
Excellent piece on fair use and intellectual property rights, thank you! I think the pairing of ''Barracuda'' with Palin's High School B-ball nickname of the same name might shift it over the line to branding, identity .... more so than if it were a song chosen just because it implies energy, youth, whatever. The fact that the campaing used ...
Posted to Explainer by DAR-Progressive on September 8, 2008