What is it about McCain and just stealing music for his own use - maybe he's taking "Maverick" too literally and thinking its a Wild West, steal-what-you-want kind of thing?
First, for background, its pretty audacious to steal "Still the One" from sitting Democratic Representative John Hall. After all, when the author is a sitting member of the opposign party, it would probably be naive to think that permission is implied.
But its seems to be a pattern (Van Halen)(and here (Jackson Browne ), and here (John Mellencamp), and here (Chuck Berry) and here (ABBA)). And, now, CNN reports that the Wilson sisters -- better known as Heart -- can be added to that list. Heart's record company has issued a cease and desist letter for the RNC's use of "Barracuda" at the convention.
Is there no one in the campaign who vets this stuff? For all the condescenion that the RNC has for "Hollywood" and "Celebrities" you would think that the presumption would be that artists WON'T give permission not the other way around.
What is really ironic is that Bush and the republicans (indeed most of congress) have bent over backwards for the recording industry to stretch Copyright protections for recording artists.
I guess its "Mavericky" to steal first and ask permission/forgiveness later. At the end of the day, it all seems consistent with the Ready, Fire, Aim, approach to politics that drives McCain.
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