Patent Law

No Respect

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

The old fart known as John McCain apparently has no respect for intellectual property rights, merchandising his faltering campaign by appropriating songs by Jackson Brown ("Running on Empty") and Foo Fighters ("My Hero") without permission. McCain's vacuous running mate, Sarah Palin, a self-proclaimed pit-bull in lipstick, snatched the Heart song "Barracuda," to Heart's dismay. Jackson Browne sued, while the others groaned at loss of control over their own material.

The Foo Fighters hit the nail on the head of the hypocrites: "It's frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property."

Roger Fisher, co-writer of "Barracuda," said he will give a portion of his royalty income to the Democrats to fight the scourge of rampant Republicanism. Rock on.

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on October 09, 2008 (boomark / email).