Occasionally, someone in the music business actually takes a phone call from the Idolator guesthouse, believe it or not. Jerry Bailey, director of media relations for BMI (
and occasional Idolator commenter), making the sort of mistake that the regret grows on with time, has agreed to answer a few questions regarding what his company actually does, and
the murky world of Guitar Hero copyright law. Post your questions in the comments (as long as they don't run along the lines of "Why am I not making more money off my crappy songs?"), and we'll run some—or all, if he wants!—of them by him for a future post.
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There are two weeks left to go in the Presidential campaign, and that means one thing: More time for musicians to get annoyed when a politician whose views don't jibe with theirs to get annoyed about what they see as "misuse" of their songs! In anticipation of this happening at least three more times before Nov. 4, we asked our official house counsel, John P. Strohm, for his legally considered opinion on the subject. After the jump, he talks about the nitty-gritty of song licenses, and whether Dave Grohl should have even bothered coming out of retirement to complain about John McCain's use of the Foo Fighters' "My Hero."
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