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Eye of Tiger Composer Sues Gingrich To Stop Campaign From Using Song
First time accepted submitter Joe_Dragon writes "The composer of the Survivor hit Eye of the Tiger has sued Newt Gingrich to stop the Republican presidential candidate from using the Rocky III anthem at campaign events. The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court in Chicago by Rude Music Inc., the Palatine-based music publishing company owned by Frank Sullivan, who, with Jim Peterik, composed the song and copyrighted it in 1982. The lawsuit states that as early as 2009, Gingrich has entered rallies and public events to the pulsing guitar riffs of the song. In a lengthy section of the five-page complaint, Rude's attorneys point out that Gingrich is well aware of copyright laws, noting he is listed as author or co-author of more than 40 published works and has earned between $500,000 to $1 million from Gingrich Productions, a company that sells his written work, documentaries and audio books. It also notes Gingrich's criticism of the 'Stop Online Piracy Act' during a recent debate in South Carolina, where Gingrich suggested the law was unnecessary because 'We have a patent office, we have copyright law. If a company finds it has genuinely been infringed upon, it has the right to sue.' The suit asks for an injunction to prevent Gingrich from using the song, as well as damages and attorneys' fees to be determined by the court."
You heard me! Do some work people will pay you for. Why should somebody profit indefinitely from a work they produced years ago? It makes no sense.
Yes, some works require decades of research. These need intellectual property rights. A song does not.
Not currently.. there used to be, but religious nuts being what they are have polluted the party.
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Wanting to control our population numbers is NOT RACIST
Wanting to make people leave because of the color of their skin, or because their family still has members who primarily speak spanish rather than english, is what exactly?
Wanting to impose controls on how many bodies we let into the country is NOT RACIST
Wanting to base those controls on making sure we bring in more people from "white" countries instead of "brown" countries is what, exactly?
Dont you think as a sovereign nation, we have the right to say who can and cannot come here?
Does that somehow absolve us of the duty and responsibility to have immigration policies that aren't made by catering to the "get them fuckin mexicans outta here cuz I'm tired of seeing taco trucks and pressing 2 for english" racist lunatic fringe?
We dont have a vast frontier anymore, we dont need nor want a flood of unskilled dregs added to our society
Intriguing. Why is it that you are mad at "unskilled dregs"? People tend to gain skills as they work. We still need carpenters. We still need plumbers. We still need electricians. There are a lot of latinos going into these SKILLED professions that whites have decided are "beneath them" lately. There are a lot of latinos going to college in the USA right now, are they "unskilled dregs"?
The poem at her feet is old, outdated and DOES NOT APPLY TO THE MODERN WORLD.
Then we should melt the statue down and sell the copper for scrap, too. I for one find it humorous when you right wing racist loonies always want to talk about "american exceptionalism" and "land of opportunity" and then want to shut the door to anyone who isn't sufficiently pallid of complexion.
I fucking hate people who think that if desired, the whole world could move to the US.
And I fucking hate assholes like you who think that just because someone's skin isn't the same color as yours, or because English isn't their primary language, they shouldn't have a fair chance at immigrating to the US.