Band Demands Romney Campaign Stop Using Its Song

[Contrary1]

Romney Spokeswoman Says Song Inadvertently Played

(CNN) -- The Romney campaign has received a cease-and-desist request from the rock band Silversun Pickups, which alleges illegal use of its song "Panic Switch" at a campaign event in August in North Carolina.

"Seems as if the GOP is once again whimsically ignoring our great nation's laws to do whatever it wants to do, and shooting itself in the foot in the process," band representative Ken Weinstein said in a statement Wednesday.

"Without any regard for copyright or intellectual property laws, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has, without permission, begun to use Silversun Pickups' 2009 smash 'Panic Switch' at campaign stops across the country," the band said.

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"We're nice, approachable people. We won't bite. Unless you're Mitt Romney!" lead guitarist Brian Aubert said. "We were very close to just letting this go, because the irony was too good. While he is inadvertently playing a song that describes his whole campaign, we doubt that 'Panic Switch' really sends the message he intends."
:rofl:

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/31360467/detail.html

"Panic Switch" Lyrics:

Time
It's never worth my time
Blue shine
Bleeds into my eyes

I still
Sleep on the right side
Of the white noise
Can't leave the scene behind

Could I be anything you want me to be?
Its always meant to be seen

When you see yourself in a crowded room
Do your fingers itch, are you pistol-whipped?
Will you step in line or release the glitch?
Can you fall asleep with a panic switch?

Mm, I'll try
To hold on tight tonight

Pink slip
Inviting me inside
Wanna burn skin
And brand what once was mine

But the red views
Keep ripping the divide

If I go everywhere you want me to go
How will I know you'll still follow?

[No Elephants]

1. This seems to happen every four years. usually, it turns out that the someone

sold the rights to the song and the campaign in question has duly licensed it from the current owner of the rights.

Maybe that is not the case here as 2009 is not that long ago.