Celebrity Justice
McCain: Jackson Browne Used Me!

John McCain claims kook-rocker Jackson Browne pitched a fit over the candidate's use of the song "Running on Empty" for one reason -- to make sure Browne's new album won't be running on empty.

Jackson sued John back in August over the Prez-seeker's use of his song in an Ohio campaign ad about gas prices. Now, McCain's lawyers filed a response, saying Jackson complained so he could get press to promote his new album, which came out a month later.

J-Mac also makes the argument he could use the tune whenever and where he wants because he was running for Prez, not trying to make a buck off it. If the court buys this "political speech as public interest" claim, it pretty much means curtains for a bunch of other musicians who were PO'd about their songs being used by the GOP.

Tags: Jackson Browne, JacksonBrowne, John McCain sued, JohnMccainSued, Running on Empty, RunningOnEmpty

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46. MCCain is COMEDY? thats the only way he could us someone`s art.A artist who owns thier own art is not in a right wing war monger`s war state mindset.Brown should get damages as MCCain lost and damaged his product.Peacemovement ARTist are still subject to being run over by the 1% right wing kichen cabinets...so maybe he should have checked first and got a sign off for useage which was`nt fare,you would think his PR team would have been able to get artistes on thier ticket.

Posted at 1:29AM on Nov 20th 2008 by SlobNik

47. It seems incoherent blithering has just been raised to an art. Careful, SlobNik, you have too few brain cells to be killing them off that way.

Posted at 1:47AM on Nov 20th 2008 by ark

48. History of WAR? WWII was a world war not of america`s making or design/justifed defence.Police actions are money makers for war contractors-right wing 1% backed by thier owned people in goverment,Kichen cabinets (REAGAN -GREENSPAN).Your history class was your programming by the far far right wing not a real history of anything that is real.AEC radiations from the atomic testing in vegas went all the way from mexico-canda and starfish prime WWIII in near space high theater wipedout about 75% of all satellites before 1970.Howard Hughes even fought the atomic clock and AEC in vegas...Nuclear power still is not safe! on hit and the whole country will be full of radition and its has never made dime one-it cost more to store the waste than it is worth.Yes one day nuclear fison may be safe but that day is still unseen.Geothermal is safe and here and endless even google has invested in it and MIT has done endless studies that prove it is the best way to go for about the next 70,000 years.Even if brown was a dirt bag dirt hippy he still has all right to his art.And dirt bag hippys stopped anm and slowed the atomic clock and howard hughes`s was king of those hippys that is the real history that will never be learned in public school run by war mongers.

Posted at 1:52AM on Nov 20th 2008 by Nude bacon

49. Comedy Ark? brain cell count? right wing ark kilroy(SS)-you can`t count that HIGH.

Posted at 2:06AM on Nov 20th 2008 by SlobNik

50. It seems I've been vindicated. Without even asking.

Posted at 2:17AM on Nov 20th 2008 by ark

51. Bark bark bark-you should ARK yourself back into that hell basement that you killed your brother in MAN!.You are one lame ass FART-you never knew who I was or even how old I was-Run as fast as you can your still slower than a 90 year old.Club RED is dead.

Posted at 2:25AM on Nov 20th 2008 by Nude Bacon

52. So, Nude Bacon, are you and SlobNik conjoined at the forehead?

Posted at 2:33AM on Nov 20th 2008 by ark

53. Let`s ARK ARK ARK down

Posted at 3:09AM on Nov 20th 2008 by SS doctor jazz

54. Whoa! Siamese triplets! Who usually steers?

Posted at 3:31AM on Nov 20th 2008 by ark

55. What a cheep shot of you guys calling Jackson Browne a "kook". What justification do you have for that?
A rumor about abuse of Daryl Hannah? Can it be his opposition to a stupid war that most people now realize was wrong?
Is that being a kook? If I was he, I'd sue too. It's his song and he doesn't want it to be used by a kooky campaign like
Sarah Palin's. Now that is a kook!!!

Posted at 4:17AM on Nov 20th 2008 by Andy25

56. His abuse is not a rumor. But for some it seems when the facts don't fit what they want to believe, they try to change the facts. And he is a kook for chasing a trivial lawsuit like an angry kindergartner. Sniffle sniffle. Otherwise he is a gifted songwriter and performer. He should stick to that and his charity work.

The next time the U.S. is attacked by terrorists, call Jackson Browne to deal with it. He won't produce any results, but you'll feel good about it.

Posted at 9:55AM on Nov 20th 2008 by ark

57. Here's the best part - I filled up my gas tank yesterday for $25.00($1.76/gallon) !! So all of this nonsense and fear about the high gas prices and Palin's chant of "drill baby drill" were just ridiculous. McCain is lame...I wouldn't want him using my songs either - who in the hell does he think he is? I'm sure if Obama had used a Hank Williams Jr song at a rally, the redneck racists would go nuts. Go get 'em JB!

Posted at 12:25PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Walle

58. So you paid $1.76/gal, in a recession, with world-wide demand down, and now you think that's permanent and forever. Sarah Palin took a dump last week that could out-think you. Practice looking beyond the moment, nimrod.

Posted at 1:06PM on Nov 20th 2008 by wallle is genius run amok

59. Sarah Palin is a power abusing bimbo who could not out think the pimple on my dog's ass. She was knocked up before she got married, has a knocked up daughter with a high school drop out boyfriend. And let's not forget the idiot husband who doesn't even work and wants to secede from the U.S. Who's the nimrod?? It must be you!! Have you read that her big natural gas pipeline that she touted all over the campaign trail will more than likely never be built? What a waste of MILLIONS of dollars. Intellegent woman? You betcha, not!! Now that the oil prices ARE down she won't be able to spread the SOCIALIST wealth all over Alaska - poor baby..
If you support her, YOU ARE THE IDIOT. She is nothing but a big mouth, ignorant, intolerant, fake Christian.

Posted at 4:26PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Walle

60. #57 thinks Palin's a genius? Hey, I've got a bridge to sell you up in Alaska - oh, maybe not. Palin was for it before she was against it. She also never accepted earmarks, yet hired a lobbiest in D.C. to get them for her city. You are correct Walle, anyone who thinks she's got a brain needs to get off of the crack pipe!! Or maybe they are just an inbred member of the Palin family.

Posted at 5:02PM on Nov 20th 2008 by Republicans can't handle the truth

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