MITT ROMNEY: Accused of Hijacking Silversun Pickups Song

[tuvor]

Mitt Romney's been engaging in illegal activity -- playing the rock tune "Panic Switch" on the campaign trail without permission from the band Silversun Pickups -- this according to the band which fired off a cease and desist letter to the candidate today.

According to the band's frontman Brian Aubert, Romney has been using their 2009 hit ... even though no one ever asked them for permission, but it's pretty clear he wouldn't have gotten it even if he asked.

Aubert says, "We don't like people going behind our backs, using our music without asking, and we don't like the Romney campaign. We're nice, approachable people. We won't bite. Unless you're Mitt Romney!"

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Aubert also says Romney's a victim of irony ... because "he is inadvertently playing a song that describes his whole campaign."

http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/15/mitt-romney-cease-and-desist-silversun-pickups-song-panic-switch/

[Angry Dragon]

1. They should sue him for $500 million

just like they do to the little people

[kysrsoze]

2. I fucking LOVE Silversun Pickups... even moreso now

Great, great band, and all the better that they hate RMoney - the latest Republican song stealer. How ironic (not really at all) that it doesn't bother these assholes to illegally use copyrighted materials. I guess IOKIYAR.

[dsteve01]

3. It happens alot

A lot of Republicans pick out country singers, assuming they would support the GOP platform, but then they find out they are devote liberals. Then they ignore the complaints. Then everyone goes along with the ignorance because FOX didn't report on it.