Cidu Bill on Jul 21st 2009
Today, the John McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee apologized to Jackson Browne for using (without permission) his song “Running on Empty” in television commercials last year criticizing Obama’ s energy ideas.
Now, what I’m wondering is… Is this whole “copyright” concept a lot newer than I thought it was? Did the McCain campaign not get the memo? I mean seriously, how is it possible that nobody involved in the filming of the commercial knew that you can’t just appropriate somebody else’s song for a commercial? And have they all moved on to jobs with American Apparel?
Filed in Bill Bickel, Jackson Browne, John McCain, copyright | 14 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 21st 2009
I think most blogs get their share of computer-generated comments that feature generic praise for their sites but which of course are intended only to plant links to the “sender’s” site. I was amused by one of them I received this morning: “I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader.” Boy, did they dial the wrong number!
Filed in Google Reader | 8 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 21st 2009
Laurie sent this for the Ewww Files, but suggested I use it to start a “Yikes!” category. My first thought when I saw this last night was that we need a “What the HELL were they thinking???” tag. Also, is there even a joke here? I mean, even by B.C. standards?
Filed in B.C., Bill Bickel, Ewww, comic strips, comics, humor | 20 responses so far
