McCain Campaign steals "My Hero"

Ugh not again. Hey vote for me for president! I steal music! Repeatedly, and unrepentently offending and upsetting the artists. What a swell moral guy I am!

suitep:

“This isn’t the first time the McCain campaign has used a song without making any attempt to get approval or permission from the artist. It’s frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property. The saddest thing about this is that ‘My Hero’ was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song. We hope that the McCain campaign will do the right thing and stop using our song—and start asking artists’ permission in general!”

-Foo Fighters

10/09/08 at 12:02pm
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  1. rockuboff reblogged this from ericlodwick
  2. ccake reblogged this from suitep and added:
    Ugh not again. Hey vote...president! I steal music! Repeatedly,
  3. ericlodwick reblogged this from suitep
  4. cvxn reblogged this from suitep and added:
    better choice for his campaign.
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