Thoughts on the Don Henley Lawsuit
by Chuck DeVoreSince yesterday evening, when news of lawsuit filed against me by aging liberal rockers Don Henley and Mike Campbell first broke, online comments to me have been running hot and heavy. Fairly emblematic of the “fan” mail: “i hope you get in a car wreck and die.”
Understanding that the DailyKos crowd can never be quieted (save for my untimely demise in a speeding vehicle), I do think it important to set forth what we did with the two parody songs I wrote to be sung in style of Don Henley’s works.
I penned “After the Hope of November is Gone” based on Mr. Henley’s “The Boys of Summer” with parodic eye. One can clearly see my intended skewering of Henley and his ilk’s well known liberalism in the lines:
We never will forget those nights
We wonder if it was a dream
Remember how you made us crazy?
Remember how we made you beam
Now we do understand what happened to our love.
That Henley has contributed some $750,000 to Democrats and liberal causes over the years, including $10,000 to Barack Obama and $9,000 to Sen. Barbara Boxer, adds authenticity to the political nature of my ditties. As the L.A. Daily News reported Friday night, “Henley, a longtime vocal supporter of Democratic causes, has drawn boos from fans in Orange County over the years for making political comments between songs during concerts.” Indeed. Henley’s lawsuit shows he’s good at dishing it out, but not so good at taking it.
Henley’s lawsuit also makes mention of my parody version of “All she wants to do is dance.” This song came out in 1984. It was written as an attack on President Reagan’s Central American policy, a policy I was soon after to help implement as a Reagan appointee in the Pentagon. I particularly enjoyed taking Henley’s critique of cluelessness in the face of President Reagan’s policies and turning it into a critique of the left and their global warming policies, thus parodying Henley’s penchant for leftwing activism while at the same time fashioning an insightful ditty on Sen. Barbara Boxer, my 2010 opponent.
Lastly, I note with interest that the D.C.-based bi-partisan musical group “Capitol Steps” has been building on others’ work by turning familiar songs into biting political commentary since 1981. They have yet to pay royalties to any artist and, as their songs are political, unlike, for instance, “Weird Al” Yankovic, they rarely secure permission from the artists whose works they build upon.
Bottom line, we are responding to the Henley/Campbell lawsuit and expect to prevail. If an elected official running for the U.S. Senate is not allowed to fearlessly engage in parody, then the First Amendment means little.
Email this to a friend | Print |
Share on Facebook
| Tweet this
| 
Follow Us on Twitter
Subscribe via RSS
Tips & Feedback
106 Comments
There was a Supreme Court case that held satire coulod be a fair use
of copyrighted material. I forget the case name. it involved a rap group.
I certainly hope you win and collect costs, and attorneys' fees.
Classic SLAPP lawsuit.
Go get 'em, Chuck!
This is just another example of the pure, unadulterated hypocrisy that the Left is known for. I hope you take Don Henley to the cleaners.
I wonder what his legal argument going to be? Politicians have less rights to fair use parodies than run-of-the-mill musicians? There's going to be a lot of table-pounding at that trial (if he's foolish enough to proceed), 'cause I don't think the law or the facts are on his side.
Just pay the license fee and be done with it. http://www.harryfox.com/index.jsp
What about "Forbidden Broadway" in NYC? They've parodied Broadway and their music for years. Something to consider.
Since you were involved in the Reagan administration's efforts in Latin America, could you explain again why you thought it was a good idea to train death squads to murder peasants in the name of freedom?
Weird Al has made a career making parodies of popular music, and the re-mix crowd had also made kept us entertained with remodels of many popular songs. So what the hey ?
Mr. Henley you should be proud that someone has made your music relevant again !
Well I have been an Eagles fan since a child but you know what there is other music that I like. I have one of their albums on CD from a while back but no mp3's. I will not be getting those updated.
If this guy does not have the grace to simply accept the compliment that someone would use his music as a compliment and instead insists on making it a political propaganda tool then I can do without his music.
You know what you should not fight it. Give this tool the 150,000 and refuse to play the song. MAke a public call to every conservative to refuse to buy or play any of his songs. Show him up for the small minded individual that he really is. If you can't pay the bill yourself ask us for the money. We'd help out I am sure. Use this to mark this guy as the mean-spirited hack he shows himself to be.
As a fan of the Eagles (at least pre break-up Eagles), it is hard to see a great musician fail. However, as an even bigger fan of individual freedom, I hope you knock his effin' socks off. Take Henley down and make it hurt. If he can't hand the Constitutional rights that we all have, maybe he should just Kat Stevens himself out of our FREE country.
I guess it's a question of who can afford lawyers the longest…good luck, you'll need it. One question: isn't there the danger of your message being overshadowed by the lawsuit? Wouldn't you want to make headlines for your positions, instead?
I'm a musician and frequent a LOT of music blogs – yes, I have a life outside of Big Hollywood – and the two-faced nature in support of Henley is breathtaking. Irony is lost on those who can't understand how and why satire and parody are protected while they have Weird Al's Greatest Hits playing in their iPods. Truly amazing. Leftards really and truly are mentally ill.
Stick it to the suits and Big Music Chuck. Those big companies and their over paid stars need to be taken down. They don't give a hoot for us little people.
Right after you explain why you continue to post on this site without benefit of a human brain.
And it will all hinge on which judge he gets. I'm sure Mr. DeVore's lawyers know all about "judge shopping" and "forum shopping." About 70% of L. A. judges are Democrat political hacks, and it's not much different in any other major city in California. If this ultimately has to be appealed to the State Supreme Court, DeVore will win after losing in the Court of Appeal. If it goes past that, the 9th Circuit will summarily reinstate the lower court ruling against DeVore without stating its [leftist] reasoning for doing so. Then, in keeping with the 9th Circuit's track record, SCOTUS will rule in favor of DeVore, overruling the 9th Circuit Court of Dead Seals. Cost of the legal proceeding? Immense, which is why you are so correct about this being a classic SLAPP suit. Henley and the multimillionaire lefties who support him know that in the longest of long runs, they will lose—and they don't care.
And you explain why your side thought it was a good idea to kill millions of people in the Soviet gulags, in the Nazi death camps, in the cultural revolution, and in a thousand other places in the name of all that you believe in all in the name of socialism.
You really are the pot calling the silverware black. Dumba$$.
I would expect this one to go to the Supremes.
Frankly, I'm glad Chuck's doing this. The left has been playing this game for years –hiding behind the First Amendment when it suits them and claiming commercial privilege when it doesn't. It's time to settle this issue.
We support you Chuck. These liberals claim to love free speech, but they get defensive when it is thrown back at them.
And then turn around and go after Henley with a suit for harassment, violations of Civil Rights, bad breath, and general lack of good taste.
Umm, no. My "side" had nothing to do with any of that. And none of it was done in the name of socialism. The Soviet gulags and cultural revolution were the work of Communist countries; the Nazi death camps, of course, were the product of Fascists. (Oh, and yes I know that Nazi is an acronym that includes the word "socialist." Unless you're as stupid as Jonah Goldberg you understand how meaningliess that is.)
But it's nice to see that you agree that Reagan arming and training death squads to murder innocent peasants was an atrocity like the ones you compare it to. Actually, even I wouldn't go that far, but if you believe Reagan was that evil, go for it!
Because it works.
Do leftards all listen to Weird Al now? Because I have to agree that anyone over the age of twelve who does probably has some problems.
I thought music piracy was invented for left-wing statist exploitation?
Now popping in "Sue Ya," best "Weird" Al since "Christmas at Ground Zero."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIllRdSzSug
Except as a cash cow to drain.
Hey, the statist lib politicians do something similar! Can we sue them, too?
ha ha ha. You are so stupid. Communism = socialism = nazism = Maoism = wr1.
You rock!
The law is on your side, but it makes no difference as I'm sure you know. The problem, of course, is that you will have to defend the suit, and they know this. So their lawyers will push you into a settlement. Basically, a legalized stick-up.
This is a good example of what's wrong with the legal system: The loser doesn't have to pay.
The posters that said "take 'em to court and sue for harassment," etc. are dreaming. Once you're sued, you're toast if they have any kind of case at all. You'll be forced to pay your own attorney to defend you, and then you'll have to settle. If you take it all the way to trial, the costs'll bleed you dry.
The absolute best you can hope for is a dismissal. Even then, you'll have costs you won't be able to recover. Good luck.
Obviously, I've been down this road, so I know what I'm talking about.
Hey Chuck, Lawhawk just gave you the next parody: "The Long Run" by the Eagles
I think wr1 has finally lost his nut! He is saving us some time and just arguing amongst his selves…I must say it is entertaining.
no, apparently you all listen to the rantings of the insane and the uninformed over at hufpo. Then you come post what you heard on these boards like good little trolls.
This is why the New Socialism should worry conservatives … they have no intention of spreading the wealth with us.
Consider this a warning — a sign of their true intentions. After the gov't confiscates the wealth, conservatives will not be getting any of the spread.
If these people were sincere Henley would not only let Chuck DeVore use the song, he'd give him a couch or something,
Using Obama's hateful little socialist logic, I have decided that Henley makes too much and that we should tax him to take back his ill-gotten wealth (90% retroactive). No one deserves as much as he's got. Oprah too, she's just greedy.
Thank you for catching that. I was afraid it would slip away unnoticed.
I think Al Franken might be a good witness for you. He is the master of the satire defense.
Let the baby have his bottle. Now that conservatives have effectively and accurately debunked the 50+ year liberal effort to destroy Joe McCarthy, guys like wr1 have to resort to the BS New York Times version of Iran-Contra to generalize about conservatives. DailyKos misses you, wr1. Nobody else does.
Amen that. The Ataris' version of Boys of Summer was better anyway!
Well,it's clearly political satire aimed a ta specific political group,I fail to see the problem.That should technically be protected free speech concerning the governance of our country.
Well,it's clearly political satire aimed a ta specific political group,I fail to see the problem.That should technically be protected free speech concerning the governance of our country.
Wow. I didn't know denial could go that deep. When the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics murders 40 million people (or more), and Mao does in at least as many more, one would think there's no defending that. Now, you're right that those particular things were technically done by Communist countries, and not all socialists are communists; however, all communists are socialists. Or does your attempt to gloss over the left's past sins now entail painting Stalin and Mao as right-wingers? As for fascism, it's heartening to see you refer to Jonah Goldberg as stupid, since that indicates you either have never read his work or have no intelligent comeback to it.
Oh, and as far as Reagan supposedly murdering innocent peasants in Latin America in the name of that despicable ideology of liberty, when all they wanted was to lie in the dust and have the government tell them what to do, you might like to know that after listening to a harangue by Castro protege Daniel Ortega about U.S. imperialism and atrocities in Latin America over the 20th century, your Messiah was asked what he thought about it and said, "It was 50 minutes long. That's what I thought." I may actually have to give Obama kudos on that one!
I look forward to seeing Henley defeated.
Who told you that?!!!!!!!! That was supposed to be a secret! We're sending Dick Cheney's ultra super secret assassination mega hit squad to your house right now to teach you a lesson!
They'll teach you that your beloved hero Che Guevara murdered peasants and not Reagan.
Who told you that?!!!!!!!! That was supposed to be a secret! We're sending Dick Cheney's ultra super secret assassination mega hit squad to your house right now to teach you a lesson!
They'll teach you that your beloved hero Che Guevara murdered peasants and not Reagan.
Interesting. I looked up the Contras and the Sandinistas on Wikipedia (I am assuming those are the particular guerrillas you are talking about.) It seems that much of the testimony used by Americas Watch (later part of Human Rights Watch) was given to them by the Sandinistas. Yet there is much evidence the Sandinista government was systematic in making hundreds of people disappear every month. Of course, this is to be expected as the Nicaraguan Revolution was modeled after that which occured in Cuba.
You could have looked this up yourself. Al Gore invented the internet. A pity his liberal followers don't bother to use it to fact check.
And what does this have to do with Don Henley anyways?
It seems to me that if Henley wins or their is substantial monetary settlement, thus setting some sort of value on the use of a song by a campaign, then all the free use of music by democrat campaigns would possibly be illegal campaign contributions by the artists. Certainly over the dollar limit allowed for an individual contribution.
Is anyone else tired of wr1 coming on here and demanding explanations while offering none himself?
I am still waiting for him to explain his assertion that Bush should have known 9/11 was going to happen based upon the August memo.
Chuck, you are by far, the coolest State Assemblyman I have ever had.
Well Chuck this was inevitable, after he fired the first shot over the bow. You were supposed to back down, but now he gets to register his lunacy in Court documents. Can't you countersue him for being a unprincipled plick? The jury award might just be enough to put you over the top, beat the boxer and seat you in that hallowed hall of fairness, w/ chuck schumer and Harry Reid? Get over it!
We know it´s you, Oliver Stone.
Kingdom Hollywood-a castle of snotty, spineless cowards who use their massive wealth to oppress Liberty and Freedom for all.
I think 95% of America's problems would end if 100% of Kingdom Hollywood vanished from the earth.
Die, Kingdom Hollywood, Die!
If you stop buying the Industry of Agit-propaganda's crap, they won't be able to kill you!
Is crappy entertainment really worth the price of losing your Liberty?
You guys! I am sure that Mr. Henley is a fair and honest man. Just because his band, "The Egos" has left a trail of fired musicians (all far more proficient on their instruments than him) behind them doesn't mean that he can't work well with others. As a matter of fact I think he does work well with others. Proof? Has he ever written a song on his own? Does he ever mention the co-writers onstage? Why, er, well, no. Great singer, poor guitarist, clunky drummer excellent co-songwriter. Great work ethic. But he is self satisfied and smug. And phenomenally rich. I love his diatribes…it's just that he thinks government will be the panacea. Sure. This guy is what "rocknroll" is apple polishers for the great Liberal God in the sky. Rebels? Artists? Bullies????
Irving Berlin once brought a famous lawsuit against MAD magazine because they used several of his songs in one of their usual song parodies features. (Berlin was notorious for not allowing his work to be used by others without his permission and a hefty royalty payment.) The federal courts eventually ruled entirely in MAD's favor, that such parodies were always permissible and not a violation of the original's copyright. Berlin tried to appeal to the US Supreme Court but they declined to even hear the case, effectively agreeing with the lower courts' rulings.
After all the drugs, sex and easy listening musical output, Mr. Henley is just another old (looking) white corporate bully, the imagined kind his lefty cronies rail about. Welcome to the Hotel Hasbeenafornia, Don. You can check out but you can never leave gracefully. Or in in a blaze of glory.
How can Don Henley be from Texas?
uh-huh…uh-huh….
Ronnie Ray-gun….
uh-huh, uh-huh…
Good luck, Chuck. I hope you take him down. I've been such a fan of his music, but totally have no respect for him. How can someone who can write such deep lyrics be so hypocritical and dishonest? May God's grace shine upon on you and give you peace.
if you look hard enough you don't even need songs to parody, was listening to Santogold last night, the song 'Shove it"
"We think you're a joke
Shove your hope where it don't shine"
I think that says all I could ever need to say to Obama.
I was in college with this liberal back in 1969, North Texas State University {renamed in 1986 the University of North Texas} we had one class together. Politically, he was off the charts back then. Typical lib, arrogant loud mouth, I'm better than you attitude.
Chuck, anything you can do to humiliate this guy, give it hell. I fell bad this spineless scum is from Texas.
To see what kind of guy Henley is, read Don Felders recent book, Heaven and Hell about his time with the Eagles. It fits with this situation perfectly!
I guess it all starts with the artist. The person(s) who wrote the original melody and created the record that hooked us all in the first place. It's his EVERY RIGHT to protest if he or she feels that their works are being used in a way that's offensive to him or her. As a songwriter, I'd love it if Weird Al lampooned me – but I'd HATE IT if say… Al Franken used one of my songs for political gain. In fact, I'd do exactly what Don Henley is doing!!
Another post said "Just pay the license fee and be done with it.". I have to agree.
Eagles music is like the Pop Tarts of rock. Smells kinda good, just don't try it for nourishment or taste.
More like invented by those who don't like paying for stuff themselves and are leaning to socialism.
However, like with medical marijuana, there's a group of supporters of internet file-sharing who feel they have no other option as the material they desire is so rare commercially or was never released thus they effectively can't get it otherwise, however with anything else they're law-abiding. Also there is the "sampling" crowd, basically they're protesting the horrendous frequent releasing of crappy music albums that might have one good song on them with the rest pure dreck, so they "try before they buy." Don't forget the "personal backup" individuals who want to pay for content only once and guard against damage to CD's and DVD's, they're counted as pirates but it's a legitimate concern.
As something related, there is an internet trend where some music groups market right to the customer with one dollar downloads, too cheap to steal, and do quite well without middlemen and distributors, this also avoids the creative bottleneck of record contracts. I first heard of it before iTunes etc. Then there's the "sidewalk tip jar" business model with free content releases. Both methods are being used by online cartoonists and other artists, the first involving digital collections at a low price.
The entire issue though is currently being drowned out by anarchists who feel a tip jar alone is sufficient, when they consider compensation at all. Thus thankfully(?) they are hardly open to statist exploitation.
Libs only like free speech when it's they who are doing the speaking. What's REALLY funny and IRONIC as all HELLo is the fact that they HATE those who make sure that THEY have free speech, our military. Just ask Berkely.
The liberals are doing a great service to this country by exposing the wide range and pervasive nature of schizophrenia. Too bad they'll rather seek out ADA protection and government disability money than treatment and a cure.
Perhaps we can sue Barry for breach of verbal contract. Defense: People don't expect politicians to keep campaign promises. Reply: Then you admit it was fraud to make them in exchange for votes?
So you can't use Don Henley's songs for parody? Did he make it clear that his songs were exclusive for Liberals and Satanists only? If not, why is he complaining.
I detest myself for buying Eagles CDs in the past.
…don't forget torture. Every time I hear Hotel California on the radio it gives me seizures and uncontrollable fits where I want to poke my ear drums out.
Oprah's just misguided, she tries to do good, like when she gave away those cars with a huge tax bill attached that likely also screwed up some people's government aid. Then there's that school in South Africa for girls, which isn't sexist by showing favoritism, which has had two lesbian scandals, although the last involved girls getting punished and expelled for consensual relations between those of the same age thus it never happened.
But Hotel Kalifornia is so descriptive of the state…! They should use it for the tourism ads!
Don Henley is wasting his money given satire is lawful.
Facts, data, vs invective. Got any?
It was his time in CA that ruined him.
As my Finance Professor used to say: "In the end, it's all about the money!"
Felder goes under the bus over the dought. Details at 11!
This is why – well, one reason why – I'm against any government funding for the arts: It can only ever go to leftard "artists" and disproportionately within that group to gays and lesbians.
LtCol Devore,
This is a frivolous law suit. Please do not screw this campaign up. Boxer is an extremist who kills babies, hates the military, thinks veterans are psychotic welfare recipients, and she detests honest work, success, and people who create jobs. She is not good for California. Please take her to task for her record on guns and the military. Remember when she wanted to eliminate military bands?
Then when you get in there, maybe you can force the Cal Guard to stop stealing money meant for Camp Roberts and using it to put their fellow colonels and generals on the state payroll! They are taking money designated by congress to train soldiers for war and using it for personal gain. I hope you have the balls to stop this practice. I suspect you do. Also, maybe you can force them to start making combat veterans federally recognized colonels and generals, particularly in the full time force. Not one Vietnam veteran with a CIB made federally recognized Brigadier or higher. The guys who joined the Guard to avoid Vietnam insured it. It appears this generation of Iraq and Afghanistan Cal Guard veterans are going to meet the same fate at the hands of the Headquarters weenies who have not deployed, and have avoided deployment rather carefully with the blessing of the current TAG and his fellow Vietnam draft dodgers.
Don Henley should also have to pay for your lawsuit expenses; he's a spoiled brat with crow's feet.
Face it. The stench running this country's legal system will allow the swill to prevail. "Freedom of Speech" only exists for the leftist maggots. "Freedom of the Press" only exists for the left-wing media maggots. The pigs have made a mockery of the Constitution, and they don't give a damn about your rights.
Good one bruce!
wow.
seems to me there was a post on here not too long ago about how evil Shepard Fairey was for "stealing someone's art" (in that case, an AP photo of Obama), turning it into a poster, and subsequently one of the most iconic images of any presidential campaign.
post after post, rant after rant on here about how unfair it was to rip off the photographer.
where is that outrage now?
would you be equally dismissive if Ted Nugent or Toby Keith or John Rich had one of their songs used in an election ad for a liberal Democrat?
somehow I doubt it.
“i hope you get in a car wreck and die.”
Unlike the liberals, I hope you get in a car wreck and miraculously survive, only to find that the accident triggered mutant abilities that you have, allowing you fly, be completely bulletproof, and have eyes that shoot lasers to blast bad guys at your whim.
Hey, if you're going to hope, hope big.
Is that a photo of Al Franken accompanying this story?
There's nothing wrong with listening to Weird Al if you're conservative. Parody is the heart of comedy, and Weird Al is one of the best at producing some of the best parody pop. His work is non-political, so everyone can love it. What do you think about what the Capitol Steps and Paul Shanklin do on the political parody side?
No worries… Shepard Fairey (fairy?) Is going to be spending some time with the fine men and women of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for possession of more than an ounce of marijuana.
The karma train is a bitch when it hits you.
I remember back when Henley was trying to raise money for Walden Pond. I was living down the road when he came to raise money for the cause. I am thinking, "dude, you have more money than God, did in your own pocket."
Who knew he thought I meant Felder's pocket.
Sorry Felder.
DRG, big difference. Some campaigns have been enjoined from using songs whole cloth. What I did was write entirely new lyrics to poke fun at Don Henley and his leftist friends. That's called parody and it's protected speech.
Cool — I think I'm still going to drive safely though.
Uhmm…. agree with whom? The other voice?
"My 'side' had nothing to do with any of that. And none of it was done in the name of socialism. The Soviet gulags and cultural revolution were the work of Communist countries; the Nazi death camps, of course, were the product of Fascists."
Soviet gulags weren't the result of socialism? It was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Communism was the ideal, while socialism was thought to be the transitional period between capitalism and communism. And as for the Nazis, forget about Goldberg, try Friedrich Hayek, Ludwig von Mises, or Guenter Reimann for an explanation of how much control over the means of production the National Socialists had. Their version of socialism was in direct competition with the USSR's, but it was a rose by any other name. This Mises page quotes a bit from the Reimann book (1939).
http://mises.org/story/47
Regarding training death squads specifically to kill peasants, there's another side to that bit of left-wing spin, as usual. Yes, the US helped train the soldiers in San Salvador. Yes, the soldiers began killing anyone they even suspected of being a guerrilla and the marxist guerrillas were also kidnapping and killing. Reagan was appalled by this and sent Vice Pres. Bush down to meet with General Flores-Lima et al. and demand an end to it. The killing on the army's side stopped while the marxist guerrillas escalated their own violence. In the end, the army regained the trust of the people and protected the polls during free elections. That's the non-Chomsky version of events.
I thought this was about the Don Henley lawsuit, by the way…
ah yes… the conservative way of forming a worldview… with a series of equal signs and suitable for a bumper sticker and with nary a thought in sight.
keep up the good fight wr1…. although i fear its hopeless with cretins like wr2.
Chuck, keep up this great fight and know that we are all behind you in this battle. It's great to read so many others expressing their support for you as well. I hope that every Big Hollywood reader will visit Chuck's campaign website and contribute to his campaign for the U.S. Senate 2010. Even if you don't live in California, please contribute. It is crucial that we strike a strong electorial blow to the liberal Dems, and in next year's election we can pull off a delicious upset by unseating Barbara Boxer and electing in Chuck DeVore to the U.S. Senate!! Chuck's honorable service to our country as a member of the U.S. military and distinguished career in the public and private sectors affords him the experience and credentials to successfully put America back on path to prosperity. Chuck represents the fiscal and ethical leadership we need looking out for us in Washington D.C.!!
Chuck DeVore for U.S. Senate 2010!! http://www.chuckdevore.com/
Henley should be glad anyone still gives a rip about their music.
HE should be paying Devore for the use of it.
"How can someone who can write such deep lyrics be so hypocritical and dishonest?"
Because he's one of those hypocritical, dishonest lefties.
"How can someone who can write such deep lyrics be so hypocritical and dishonest?"
Because he's one of those hypocritical, dishonest lefties.
This man has no lips. Weird.
Keep fighting Chuck! I hope you clean his clock! Is there a legal defense fund we can contribute to?
Seems pretty straight forward to me… Henley doesn't want you to use his songs for your parodies and under copyright laws and music publishing guidelines that's within his rights as the author. It's not about free speech and the infringement thereof. You're allowed to say whatever you want. Just find some other artist's song to glom on to, someone who doesn't care, for your parody.
I seriously doubt anyone has Weird Al's greatest hits on their ipods.
[...] candidate responds here. It looks like both YouTube videos have been taken [...]
It is amazing to me that someone who could write "Get Over It" could be such a flaming liberal nut. Disconnect…
Mr Henley is an extraordinarily fine singer but seems rather thin skinned, and very petty.
By way of illustration, Don Felder's (ex Eagles guitarist) autobiography included a very amusing anecdote about how Henley wrote a long letter to the cleaners of the studio they were using when recording the Hotel California album, telling them that the toilet paper should be unrolled the other way around (explaining that, the way it had been positioned, it was impossible to see the pattern on the protruding length, and that the pattern had presumably been put there to be viewed). He may, however, be less of a prima donna than GLenn Frey
This isn't about freedom in the least. It's about the outright bastardization and flippent misuse of an artist's material for personal gain based upon the artist's material popularity. It's only being viewed as a 1st amendment violation by everyone who could care less about copyright and ownership, much akin to the growing millions literally stealing music from every online site possible without the slightest regard for the proprietary rights of the owner. Anyone who stammers freedom of speech on an issue like this is just one more on the pile who simultaneously believes that possession is nine tenths of the law and the old adage "what was once yours is now mine" philosophy.
Daryl
And to everyone who spews out the garbage that Wierd Al Yankovic does it for a living, they need to know the fact that he also seeks and obtains explicit legal permission from the original artists prior to making parody. It is all too clear that DeVore believes he doesn't have to seek permission to do anything of the kind, which graphically demonstrates the arrogance of a political hopeful who's background is highly likely to be chock-full of indiscretions at least as serious as this one. DeVore can gain a vote in hell, but that's about the only lot willing to extend him any courtesy.
"he also seeks and obtains explicit legal permission from the original artists prior to making parody"
That's what happened with Amish Paradise them……….. oh Wait!
You must be logged in to post a comment.