>Hi Kevin,
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>Let's start with one principle. Music is not free. Radio stations plays music and the artist get royalties. Spotify lets you listen to whatever artists you like and those artists gets royalties.
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>Even if some of those artists are gazillionaire they still get their royalties.
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>Are politicians so special they think they should get it for free.

Denis, you might want to take a look at the context of "fair use" within U.S. Copyright laws.

Question - did Fleetwood Mac (or their record label) complain when Clinton used the song, "Don't Stop thinking about tomorrow?"

History shows that artists "protest too much" FAR MORE when their music is used by conservatives. Which means artists don't care about copyright laws, anywhere near as much as they care about the perception of false endorsement by political conservatives. That's what this is about. And considering how much exposure artists get, I think their reactions are incredibly immature.

If they cared about copyright laws, they'd go after the tons of copyright violations that occur on sites like YouTube, Google etc.