Help me find the Dixie Chicks
Bobby McFerrin is a tool. Or at least his label, WMG, is a bunch of tools. Here’s proof.
It was just this harmless video posted on Youtube — now removed, mind you — but uploaded here for your amusement and my pettiness toward them.
Now what does all this have to do with the Dixie Chicks? Well, I’ve been working for several months on a mini biopic set to the tune of one of their songs. But when I got slapped by Bobby McFerrin’s thugs, I got scared. I do NOT want to upset the Chicks because I am a huge fan. So I decided I could either give up on the movie or write and ask the Dixie Chicks if I could have permission to use one of their songs in my silly movie.
Can anyone help me in that six-degrees-of-separation way? Like you twitter folks?
February 3rd, 2009 at 7:27 am
This is probably no consolation, but:
Do you remember an old SNL sketch about the City of Sodom trying to rebuild their tourist trade (like Gomorrah did) so they hired an ad agency? The agency came up with dancing girls singing “I Love Sodom” to the tune of the NY Tourist Board jingle “I Love New York.” The tourist board sued NBC for copyright infringement! NBC lost because the court ruled that it was fair use through parody and not a substantial taking even though, effectively, the entire song was used. I remember this because it was the fact pattern for my Intellectual Property final in law school (I aced it). Bottom line: Bobby McFerrin needs to worry less about infringement of his One Hit Wonder from decades ago, get a life, and Be Happy!