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McCain used Brown’s Music in Commercial
According to Wire, John McCain believed he was a used by the Republican National Committee for a commercial using a Jackson Brown song without permission. Nevertheless, he is still being held accountable, and Los Angeles federal judge, R. Gary Klausner, did not believe his testimony regarding this matter. In February, the judge refused to remove McCain’s name from the lawsuit for violating the right’s to Brown’s “Running on Empty” popular song. According to McCain, “I was not involved all in any way in the writing creation, production, distribution, or dissemination of the video, nor do I have any knowledge whatsoever of how this video was written, created, produced or disseminated or who was involved in any aspect of the writing, creation, production, distribution or dissemination of the video. I was completely unaware that this video even existed until I was informed of it after this lawsuit was filed.” Last August, the commercial was showcased on YouTube to criticize Obama’s energy policy and the song was purchased on iTunes. Brown believes that the commercial falsely suggested he endorsed McCain and the Republican Party.