BYRNE SUES FLORIDA POLITICIAN OVER ROAD TO NOWHERE
Former TALKING HEADS star DAVID BYRNE is suing a Florida politician for u sing his ROAD TO NOWHERE hit as a campaign anthem - without permission.
The rocker is seeking $1 million (=C2=A3666,600) in damages from state Governor Charlie Crist, for using the 1985 song in an online ad attacking his one-time opponent Marco Rubio.
Byrne filed his suit on Monday (24May10) in Tampa, Florida.
He tells Billboard.com, "I was pretty upset by that… (This) is not ab out politics… It’s about copyright and about the fact that it does impl y that I would have licensed it and endorsed him and whatever he stands f or." Byrne is being represented by attorney Lawrence Iser, who helped Jackso n Browne win a copyright court battle against former U.S. presidential ca ndidate John McCain, who illegally used Browne’s song Running on Empty as a campaign song.
Iser says, "I was fairly astonished that this soon after the settlement of Browne vs. McCain, yet another politician with national aspirations i s doing this again."
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