During his 2010 bid for U.S. Senate, Republican Rand Paul used two songs by the band Rush to pump up crowds and add background music to a promotional video. This prompted Rush’s lawyer to write to Paul’s team, claiming the politician never asked permission to use the tunes. But the libertarian-minded band insisted the move was not a statement. “This is not a political issue — this is a copyright issue,” Rush’s attorney told the Courier-Journal. “We would do this no matter who it is.” And plus, the band Rush is Canadian, so a Kentucky senatorial candidate was probably not a high priority.
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