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Originally posted by Jerry Glenn Hartwig:
The point is not whether a songwriter was happy at how a song was used, but that some people will grab rumor and wave it about as a sword of truth without bothering to check the facts. Yet, when the same rumor (copyright violation) emerges about their own candidate, those people who cried "Foul! Foul!" are strangely silent...
Both candidates and their supporters are human. Mistakes don't make "beasts" "running roughshod" over anything.
Again, I merely ask that people not be hypocrites. It is apparently too much to ask.
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Actually, the point is exactly whether the songwriter was pleased with the use of their song, and whether after objections were raised, the persons continued to use the song in the same way.
In the case of the RNC and Heart, this is exactly the case.
In the case of the country song used by Obama, McCain and George W. Bush as well, the creators were ambivalent--the songwriter is a Democrat but at least one of the singers is a staunch Republican--but they publicly said they were pleased with everyone using it. So, in short, a non-issue. There was smoke, but no fire.
The difference isn't hypocrisy. It's being able to tell the difference between an inch and an ell, and being able to judge where there isn't even an inch to begin with.