Musician reportedly issues cease and detest letter against Bachmann.

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Heres the thing: Bachmann used a song without permission. The musician doesn't like that. So it's rumored that the musician is issuing a cease and detest letter.

I will post three sources:

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/david/tom-petty-reportedly-issuing-cease-and-desis
Tom Petty may be taking legal action to make sure Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann stops using his songs at her campaign events.

"NBC News: @TomPetty unhappy with Michele Bachmann's use of 'American Girl' and in process of issuing [a cease and desist] letter," Matt Ortega reported on Twitter only hours after hours after Bachmann used the popular song to kick off her campaign.

Petty also issued a cease and desist letter to then-Governor George W. Bush for illegally using "I won't back down" at his rallies.

"The impression that you and your campaign have been endorsed by Tom Petty, which is not true," music publisher Wixen Music Publishing Inc. told the Bush campaign.

To make matters worse for Bachmann, former RNC Online Communications Director Liz Mair made this observation about Bachmann's use of the Petty song: "Isn't that what the kidnapped politician's daughter was singing in 'Silence of the Lambs?'

Mair appears to have since deleted that tweet.

It's been a tough campaign roll out for the Minnesota Republican. On Sunday, Fox News' Chris Wallace asked if she was a "flake." And prior to the official announcement Monday that she was seeking the presidency, Bachmann confused actor John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpoli...michele-bachmann-checked-with-tom-petty-first
Michele Bachmann's official announcement Monday of her bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination ended with the 1970s song "American Girl" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

That musical choice by her campaign is worth noting, if for no other reason, because of what happened during the 2000 presidential race when another Republican presidential candidate used a popular Petty song.

Petty told the campaign of then-candidate George W. Bush campaign to stop using his rock hit of defiance and courage: "I Won't Back Down" which politicians and sports teams have been wearing out for years. (A blog post on Denver Westword lists a few examples where politicians have gotten crosswise of the owners of hit songs.)

The rocker's music publisher Wixen Music Publishing Inc., wrote the Bush campaign saying demanding that it cease playing the famous song. "...The impression that you and your campaign have been endorsed by Tom Petty, which is not true," the letter said, according to a Rolling Stone report.

Petty later showed up at the vice president's official residence the night Al Gore conceded for the political version of an Irish wake that featured other iconic superstars —Jon BonJovi and Stevie Wonder.

Already, at least one Democratic activist, Matt Ortega, is doing his part to prod Petty to give Bachmann the Bush treatment. He tweets:

Hey @TomPetty, just wanted to let you know that Michele Bachmann is using "American Girl" at her campaign rallies...
Meanwhile, Liz Mair, a did communications at the RNC and is a vice president at Hynes Communications tweeted:

@MattOrtega Isn't that what the kidnapped politician's daughter was singing in "Silence of the Lambs?"
And, sure enough, it is.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2...-issuing-cease-and-desist-letter-to-bachmann/
Tom Petty may be taking legal action to make sure Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann stops using his songs at her campaign events.

“NBC News: @TomPetty unhappy with Michele Bachmann’s use of ‘American Girl’ and in process of issuing [a cease and desist] letter,” Matt Ortega reported on Twitter only hours after hours after Bachmann used the popular song to kick off her campaign.

NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell confirmed that report Monday night.

“And details matter, and when Bachmann left the stage here, her campaign played the Tom Petty hit song, ‘American Girl,’” O’Donnell said. “Turns out petty isn’t pleased. His manager says they will ask the Bachmann campaign not to use that song.”

Petty also issued a cease and desist letter to then-Governor George W. Bush for illegally using “I won’t back down” at his rallies.

“The impression that you and your campaign have been endorsed by Tom Petty, which is not true,” music publisher Wixen Music Publishing Inc. told the Bush campaign.

To make matters worse for Bachmann, former RNC Online Communications Director Liz Mair made this observation about the use of the Petty’s tune: “Isn’t that what the kidnapped politician’s daughter was singing in ‘Silence of the Lambs?’

Mair appears to have since deleted that tweet.

It’s been a tough campaign roll out for the Minnesota Republican. On Sunday, Fox News’ Chris Wallace asked if she was a “flake.” And prior to Monday’s official announcement that she was seeking the presidency, Bachmann confused actor John Wayne with serial killer John Wayne Gacy.
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Here's a few things to consider:
1. Is this even an appropriate song? It's rumored (although not true) to be about a girl that commits suicide, which is full of unfortunate implications.
2. How do you feel about her using the song without permission?
3. The musician in the articles has been known to do it before, with George W. Bush's 2000 election. However, he is confirmed to be a left-wing. Is this unfair bias?
4. Do music and politics mix?
5. What would be a better campaign song if she has to stop using this?
 
1. Born in the USA wasn't all that Patriotic either (ask Glenn Beck :D ). Song Title > lyrics
2. It's his property I think?
3. Actually, it's fair bias.
4. Yeah.
5. American Woman (mama let me be)/Material Girl/Dazed and Confused
 
It appears that despite being a conservative, Bachmann has a low repsect for property rights.
Ziggy said:
2. It's his property I think?
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It is probably the property of the RIAA, which makes it even more amusing.
 
Ajidica said:
It is probably the property of the RIAA, which makes it even more amusing.
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Hold on a minute and I'll look.

EDIT: Copyright 1976 Almo Music Corp.
 
Moderator Action: Thread reopened. Please stay on the topic and do not turn this into a TP music or personality discussion. Thanks.
 
Ziggy Stardust said:
1. Born in the USA wasn't all that Patriotic either (ask Glenn Beck :D ). Song Title > lyrics
2. It's his property I think?
3. Actually, it's fair bias.
4. Yeah.
5. American Woman (mama let me be)/Material Girl/Dazed and Confused
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Mostly ditto.


#5 should be "I'm a little tea-pot, short and stout..."


Link to video.
 
I believe the song ceased to be his property the moment he started selling it. Now, I'd say, there are millions of people who own it. Get over it!
 
I thought there was a fair right uses with music. As long as shes not playing the whole song, like bumper music? Music gets play ALL THE FICKING TIME.

Now I do understand why this guy (tho I'm not too sure who he is) would be unhappy. But it's no longer his song.
 
JohnRM said:
I believe the song ceased to be his property the moment he started selling it. Now, I'd say, there are millions of people who own it. Get over it!
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Just because millions of people own copies of it in some form, that doesn't give them the right to play it at public events without permission, no matter who owns the rights.

And regardless of who may own the rights, it's the performer who is associated with the music, so people naturally assume the performer endorses the politician who uses it. It's the performer's right to say, "Hey, I don't like being associated with ________'s campaign" and take legal steps to prevent the association.
 
Of course not everybody makes that assumption, and I daresay that most people likely don't even think about it. But some do. And there are some musicians who involve themselves with political campaigns. We had this nonsense going on in Canada some years ago, with Bono sticking his nose into our government when he allowed himself to be associated with former Prime Minister Paul Martin. The deal was that Martin, if elected and able to form the government, would pass legislation dear to Bono's heart. When that didn't happen, Bono got very upset about it and complained openly and emphatically about it.
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BTW, I think the slight mis-type in the thread title is quite apt, given the musician's preference not to have his music used for this woman's campaign. ;)
 
This has happened in quite a few campaigns over recent years. It's not really out of the ordinary for a politician to use a song without seeking permission first. And not uncommon for the musician to object. The problem arises when the campaign uses one song enough for it to come to be associated with theme music for the campaign. If the musician doesn't want that, he has the right to stop it. It's not like the politician is paying a royalty for the use of the song.
 
1. It is not appropriate, but as long as there are songs with "American" in the title people will thinks they are patriotic.
2. I think that could ruin an artist's image. Not when most politicians do it, but if someone thinks an artist was suppporting Michele Bachmann then that could be trouble.
3. It is perfectly okay to biased in situations like this.
4. Too often they do.
5. Milkshake.
 
Music like facts have a liberal bias
 
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