Using Spirit of Radio at campaign appearances is getting Rand Paul, already the subject of a lot of negative coverage for remarks attributed to the Kentucky senate candidate, in even more trouble.  An attorney representing the label Rush records for sent a letter to Paul campaign officials urging them to stop using the band's music in online ads and during campaign stops.  Robert Farmer pointed out in an interview quoted by the Louisville Courier Journal that the group's objections to the use of their music is not about Paul, saying, 'This is not a political issue... We would do this no matter who it is.'  The flare-up comes just a few days after a California judged came down on the side of Don Henley in case started over a year ago over the use of two of his songs as the basis for parodies on behalf of another political candidate. (story)
Spinner.com  Courier-Journal.com

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