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Entertainment Law & Finance

September 1, 2010

Unauthorized Uses of Music in Campaign Ads

Lawrence Y. Iser, a partner in Los Angeles’s Kinsella, Weitzman, Iser, Kump & Aldisert LLP, served as attorney for Jackson Browne in the McCain litigation and is counsel to musician David Byrne in a pending action against Florida Governor Charlie Crist that was filed after Crist used the Talking Heads’ song and recording "Road to Nowhere" in Crist’s campaign ad for the U.S. Senate. In the Q&A that follows, Iser responds to questions from Entertainment Law & Finance Editor-in-Chief Stan Soocher about litigation and related issues regarding music in political ads.

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