It’s campaign season and flaps between musicians and politicians are on the rise. Early last week we noted that Talking Heads frontman David Byrne sued Florida Governor Charlie Crist for releasing an attack ad using the band’s Road to Nowhere. The Crist camp posted the commercial on the campaign website and YouTube without first obtaining [...]

Los Angeles artist Dereck Seltzer filed suit in the Central District of California against Green Day for copyright infringement. Seltzer alleges that the band used his work ‘Scream Icon’ without authorization in its website, videos and concerts, including a performance at the American Music Awards. The work (found here) was registered with the copyright office [...]

Seven years after the Ninth Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling in favor of Danish dance-pop group Aqua, Mattel, Inc. has appeared to license the song for a Barbie promotional video. In 1997, Aqua produced the single Barbie Girl, found here, on the album Aquarium. The single was a phenomenon, topping dance charts worldwide. Mattel, [...]