McCain Hates (Other People's) Property

by MissLaura
Sat Aug 30, 2008 at 05:05:17 PM PDT

John McCain has already gotten in trouble for unauthorized use of songs and other intellectual property of John Mellencamp, Frank Valli, ABBA, John Hall of Orleans, Chuck Berry, Mike Myers, and Jackson Browne.

Now, it's Van Halen's turn to be ripped off by McCain. They say:

Van Halen management tells us the band had no idea McCain was planning on using "Right Now" during his big entrance in Ohio telling us, "Permission was not sought or granted nor would it have been given."

Let's be clear: this is not McCain's campaign screwing up. This is McCain's campaign betting that the trouble they will get in for appropriating someone else's property without permission will be outweighed by the stagecraft benefits of having the right song playing at the right time. In other words, he's campaigning like he'll govern.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/30/125934/714