RE: Political Fair Use

From: Alicia Brillon <ALICIAB[_at_]ntserver1.photodisc.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 07:23:37 -0700

> On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Jayne Sebby wrote:

>> 
>> A few weeks ago, a local TV station announced that it was suing a 
>> local political candidate (for a federal office) for using part of 
>> its newscast without the station's permission.  

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>> The candidate claims fair use; the station says no way.  
>> 
>> Has anyone seen this before and, if so,  what was the outcome?

Charles E. Keller replied:
>
> No, but:
>
> Another "similar" incident involved Bob Dole's people playing "Born
> in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen as part of his campaign tour. Bruce
> was not happy

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I didn't hear about the Springsteen incident, but did hear that Dole had a similar problem when he played "I'm A Sole Man" by ??? (showing my age here!)

Apparently, the Dole camp changed the words to "I'm a Dole man" and it would be played as he came out to speak to a crowd. They claim they had been given personal permission by the songs author/singer to do what they did, but they hadn't received formal permission from the relevant publishing entity. They stopped using the song.

Alicia Brillon
Associate Counsel
PhotoDisc, Inc.
aliciab[_at_]photodisc.com Received on Wed Oct 16 1996 - 14:30:57 GMT