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<blockquote data-quote="Sportello" data-source="post: 1827555" data-attributes="member: 55299">That&#039;s not how it works. <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2015/0910/Trump-vs.-R.E.M.-Why-do-politicians-keep-using-songs-without-permission" target="_blank">http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2015/0910/Trump-vs.-R.E.M.-Why-do-politicians-keep-using-songs-without-permission</a>Under copyright law, politicians can use any song they want in a political campaign as long as they either obtain a <a href="http://www.ascap.com/%7E/media/files/pdf/advocacy-legislation/political_campaign.pdf" target="_blank">public performance license</a> from a performing rights group such as the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), or restrict playing the song to venues that already have such a license.But even if the campaign secures the appropriate license, artists can still object to or sue against the use of their song to protect their brand, legally known as their &quot;<a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/publicity" target="_blank">right of publicity</a>,&quot; which &quot;prevents the unauthorized commercial use of an individual&#039;s name, likeness, or other recognizable aspects of their brand or image.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sportello, post: 1827555, member: 55299"] That's not how it works. [URL]http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2015/0910/Trump-vs.-R.E.M.-Why-do-politicians-keep-using-songs-without-permission[/URL] [I]Under copyright law, politicians can use any song they want in a political campaign as long as they either obtain a [URL='http://www.ascap.com/%7E/media/files/pdf/advocacy-legislation/political_campaign.pdf']public performance license[/URL] from a performing rights group such as the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), or [B]restrict playing the song to venues that already have such a license.[/B] But even if the campaign secures the appropriate license, artists can still object to or sue against the use of their song to protect their brand, legally known as their "[URL='https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/publicity']right of publicity[/URL]," which "prevents the unauthorized commercial use of an individual's name, likeness, or other recognizable aspects of their brand or image."[/I] [/QUOTE]

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