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Erose999

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30. He probably paid ASCAP or whatever. So he may have a legal claim to use the song. But how do these

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 12, 2016, 04:44 PM

Jan 2016

idiots keep using songs without asking for permission, knowing the artists like Neil Young, REM, and the Boss are going to call them on their shit. It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, but if you regularly use songs and then have artists chew you out about not having permission it makes you look like a dick.

But I guess the works for reich wing artists like Ted Nugent or Randall Williams (I refuse to call him by his father's name) don't really get the crowd going, LOL. Maybe Kid Rock will write a Trump anthem like he did for RMoney.

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Did he pay the royalty? gratuitous Jan 2016 #4

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