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Post by Sundealer on May 25, 2010 10:48:25 GMT -5
DETROIT (Billboard) – David Byrne is suing the governor of Florida, alleging that he used the Talking Heads' 1985 single "Road to Nowhere" without permission or proper licenses. Byrne is seeking $1 million in damages from Gov. Charlie Crist, who's also Florida's former attorney general, and his senatorial campaign for use of the song earlier this year in a website and YouTube ad attacking his then-Republican primary opponent, Marco Rubio. Crist has since changed his campaign and is running as an independent candidate. The suit (Case Number 8:10-CV1187-T26 (MAP)) was filed Monday in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa. Byrne told Billboard.com that he learned of the Crist ad from a friend in New York, where the Talking Heads co-founder resides. "I was pretty upset by that," said Byrne, who had Warner Bros. Records contact the Crist campaign, which subsequently stopped using the ad. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100525/music_nm/us_heads
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Post by Goddess on May 25, 2010 12:13:57 GMT -5
Free advertisement for Crist.
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Post by Calcasieu on May 26, 2010 5:19:43 GMT -5
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Post by Grits on Jun 10, 2010 8:10:38 GMT -5
This is the song I think of when talking "Talking Heads" www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1wg1DNHbNUWe laughed our butts off when this came out on MTV.....back when they used to play videos! ;D
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