ok and he's a copyright cheat, not surprising. I am just surprised they haven't noticed he does this before now. Surely they must have? If so, apparently they aren't indifferent on the subject any more.
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > From Rush's (the band) lawyers... > > The Rush Limbaugh Show > 1270 Avenue of the Americas > New York, NY 10020 > RushLimbaugh.com Premiere Radio Networks. > > Ladies & Gentlemen: > > I am the attorney for Rush, their management company, S.R.O. Management > Inc., their music publishing company, Core Music Publishing and their > record > company, The Anthem Entertainment Group Inc. > > According to media reports, Rush Limbaugh, Premiere Radio Networks and > The Rush Limbaugh Show have been using Rush's recorded music as part of > what > is essentially a political broadcast. > > The use of Rush's music in this way is an infringement of Rush's > copyrights and trademarks. The public performance of Rush's music is not > licensed for political purposes and any such use is in breach of public > performance licenses and constitutes copyright infringement. There are > civil > and criminal remedies for copyright infringement, including statutory > damages and fines. > > (see sections 501-513 of Title 17 of the United States Code > http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html) > > In addition, the use of Rush's music in this manner implies an > endorsement of the views expressed and products advertised on the show, and > is in breach of not only copyright and trademark rights, but also, of > section 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law (excerpt attached). > > Accordingly, we hereby demand that you immediately stop all use of > Rush's music and confirm that you will do so. > > Yours very truly, > Robert A. Farmer > Director of Legal Affairs > S.R.O. Management Inc., > Core Music Publishing > The Anthem Entertainment Group Inc. > > cc: Rush, Ray Danniels, Pegi Cecconi > > > http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/03/exclusive-rush-pulls-music-from-li > mbaugh-show.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 7:05 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority? > > > Wait isn't he the one who's always saying that the world doesn't owe anyone > a living? He wasn't born entitled to be on Armed Forces Radio, Sam, and the > people who signed this petition aren't the government and don't have any > special power to make it happen. The only real connection to the White > House > is that somebody may read them. It looks like they answered one or two. > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > It's moderated by the White House and can not violate someone's > > freedoms. This so called petition is trying to take away Rush's > > freedom of speech and his right to make a living. > > > > . > > > > On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:38 PM, PT <cft...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Apparently anyone can make any kind of petition they want, so I will > > > accept the one about Rush for what it is .. pointless and dumb. > > > > > > I do like the petition that simply says "Resign" > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348157 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
