McCain’s Latest Web Ad Slapped For Copyright Violation
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Bad Decisions, Law, McCain, MediaThey used a clip of the legendary Saturday Night Live characters Wayne and Garth shouting their catch phrase “We’re not worthy!” and Mike Myers apparently didn’t like that…
McCain’s camp spins it as such…
Obama’s celebrity friends are bringing their considerable resources to bear in this election, hosting fundraisers at their estates in Geneva, offering advice on Middle East policy, and now threatening this campaign with legal action over our latest ad, “Fan Club.”The ad features kids talking about how “dreamy” Senator Obama is, how he brought a crowd to Taco Bell despite inclement weather, and how he is no less of an international superstar than U2 frontman Bono. Unfortunately, the final clip of Mike Myers and Dana Carvey doing their ‘we’re not worthy’ bit from Wayne’s World has spurred a celebrity backlash. Myers had his people call the campaign to demand that the video be removed from YouTube for copyright violation. Apparently, we are not, in fact, worthy.
So wait a second…first McCain’s camp uses an unauthorized clip of those “celebrities” doing that thing that makes them celebrities because it helps the spot, and then they question Myers’ because he didn’t want the characters he created used to help bash Obama?
It seems to me that if you don’t want to run afoul of copyright law, you don’t use copyrighted material in your campaign commercial without getting the appropriate legal permissions.
Moving on…
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August 12th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Goodness, some of the ads that appear in line with your posts make my eyes bleed. I wonder if paris and britney are okay with that.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
What offends me by this is that this is the man looking to hold the highest office, the one who will uphold copyright law through the Justice Department. The Orphan Works bill is still out there. How is a President disregarding copyright law Presidential?
If we are looking for judgment of character, THIS is a major issue to consider.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
BOOOOORRRNNN IN THE U-S-A!!
BOOOOORRRNNN IN THE U-S-A!!
BOOOOORRRNNN IN THE U-S-A!!….
Agnostick
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P.S. “… in 1985, blind faith in your leaders… will get you killed”
P.P.S. In 2008, too…
August 13th, 2008 at 10:11 am
What ads? May I recommend AdBlock Plus. It is sites like this that forced me into using it.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
He will never learn; this is not the first time Mc Cain has been warned about copyright infringement. Other illegal usage includes works from Bruce Springsteen, John Melloncamp, & the picture of Brittany Spears used in his Celebrity attack ad. IIRC, he also had the gall to accuse Obama of plagiarism a couple months back.
Evidently he intends to keep Mukassy “Sometimes a crime isn’t a crime.” as his AG.