It turns out I am one of the few artists who has the bucks and [guts] to challenge such usage. I’m feeling very manly after my trip to Tampa! Other artists may actually have the anger but not want to take the time and risk the legal bills. I am lucky that I can do that. Anyway, my hope is that by standing up to this practice maybe it can be made to be a less common option, or better yet an option that is never taken in the future.
— Talking Heads singer David Byrne, on a lawsuit he brought against former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist after Crist’s senate campaign used one of the group’s songs — “Road to Nowhere” — without permission in a campaign ad last year, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Terms of the settlement were not released, but it included a very unusual recorded apology by Crist.
Connect:
