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Jackson Browne is not too happy with John McCain and the Republican National Committee. He’s filed suit against both of them for copyright infringement and violating the Lanham Act by suggesting that Jackson Browne is associated with and endorses McCain. And…the suit also alleges that the use of his (Browne’s) voice violates his right of publicity under California Law.

“We are confident that Jackson Browne will prevail in this lawsuit. Not only have Senator McCain and his agents plainly infringed Mr. Browne’s copyright in Running On Empty, but the Federal Courts have long held that the unauthorized use of a famous singer’s voice in a commercial constitutes a false endorsement and a violation of the singer’s right of publicity,” Lawrence Iser of the Santa Monica, California law firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert said. “In light of Jackson Browne’s lifelong commitment to Democratic ideals and political candidates, the misappropriation of Jackson Browne’s endorsement is entirely reprehensible, and I have no doubt that a jury will agree.”

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