October 29, 2004

WHICH MAKES IT UNANIMOUS:

Bush Asked to Stop Using 'Still the One' (DEVLIN BARRETT, Oct. 29, 2004, AP)

The songwriter who helped pen the 1970s hit, "Still the One," is demanding that President Bush stop using the tune at campaign events, arguing that he's no fan of the Republican incumbent and the campaign never got permission to use the song.

Cheesy pop? Lee Atwater must be spinning in his grave.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 29, 2004 2:31 PM
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"If you have protectable copyrights to a song and someone is using it without permission, and especially if they know they're using it without permission, there is some sort of legal liability there and it may be that they could be required to pay royalties at the very least," said Daniel Healy, an intellectual property lawyer at the firm Anderson, Kill & Olick.

In other words, royalties at the very most.

John F. Dewey, jailhouse lawyer
Dewey, Cheatham & Howe

Posted by: Eugene S. (you can take *that* to the bank) at October 29, 2004 3:11 PM

I suggested "Rock You Like a Hurricane" but nobody returned my calls.

Posted by: Governor Breck at October 29, 2004 9:42 PM
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