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Thursday, January 28, 2010
JOE WALSH FOR CONGRESS?
Joe Walsh is running for Congress in Illinois, but it's not the Eagles guitarist. However, the candidate is using a re-recording of a Walsh song in his campaign, which is not sitting well with the guitarist.
Walsh the candidate has taken "Walk Away," a song the guitarist recorded with his pre-Eagles band, The James Gang, and redubbed it "Lead the Way." This led to the guitarist's lawyer firing off a cease-and-desist letter, which in part says, "You can't use someone else's song for your political campaign promotions unless you get permission from the owner of the copyright of the song. As far as we can tell, you didn't do that. Maybe you got so busy with the campaign that you just forgot. This is not to say you're not allowed to write silly lyrics, you just have to write them to your own music. Now, I know why you used Joe's music -- it's undoubtedly because it's a lot better than any music you or your staff could have written. But that's the point. Since Joe writes better songs than you do, the Copyright Act rewards him by letting him decide who gets to use the songs he writes."
In closing, the lawyer, Peter Paterno writes, "Given that your name is Joe Walsh, I'd think you'd want to be extra careful about using Joe's music in case the public might think that Joe is endorsing your campaign, or God forbid, is you. Or maybe you intended that. But you shouldn't have."
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
ANOTHER MCDONALD'S FREAKOUT!
A woman in Kansas City, Missouri caused thousands of dollars worth of damage at a McDonald's because she didn't like her hamburger. What the hell is wrong with people...chill out! Here's the surveillance video.
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
NOW I KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR MY WIFE ON HER BIRTHDAY!
Nothing says "Happy birthday, I love you" quite like 120-thousand pounds of manure. An Iowa man used the stinky cow dung to spell out the message to his wife. His wife was, of course, touched (who wouldn't be?) and is planning something even better for her husband's birthday.
CROWD SINGING "HEY JUDE" AT THE NEWARK AIRPORT
Hundreds of anxious people were stuck at the Newark airport on Sunday because of a security breach, so a guy with a guitar started playing the BEATLES song "Hey Jude," and people sang along.
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