John McCain Steals

Jackson Browne is suing John McCain for using Browne's song, "Running on Empty," in a recent ad. McCain and his team did this evidently without asking Browne's permission to use the song.

Before that, McCain ran an ad with images of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears without asking their permission to show their likenesses.

How out of touch is this guy? Are the people on his team a bunch of 12-yr-olds that think that if they find something on the internet, they can just use it without proper permission or licensing? What is he thinking?

The ironic thing is that these are ads meant to make Obama look bad, and the ads feature McCain stealing intellectual property from other people. Boomerang theory! McCain is making himself look bad.

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