R.E.M., Rolling Stones, Elton John and Dozens of Artists Send Letter Demanding End to Unauthorized Political Use of Music

Those and dozens of other artists have put their signatures to an open letter from the Artist Rights Alliance, addressed to to the Democratic and Republican national, congressional and senatorial committees, asking all parties to put an end to appropriating popular songs for political purposes without authorization.“No politician benefits from forcing a popular artist to publicly disown and reject them,” reads the letter.

The issue has been a hot-button topic of late, with artists no longer thinking that throwing up their hands is the most they can do when it comes to stopping their music from being played at campaign rallies and in political videos.

“Artists have never been more aware of their rights and the need to stand up for one another and stand together.,” Kalo says. “This letter is a tap on the shoulder, asking campaigns to do the right thing. If that tap on the shoulder fails to get campaigns’ attention, I have no doubt that response will be met with a considerable increase in outrage and concerted activism.

The legal risks are clear. Campaign uses of music can violate federal and state copyrights in both sound recordings and musical compositions. Depending on the technology used to copy and broadcast these works, multiple exclusive copyrights, including both performance and reproduction, could be infringed.

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