Rush Limbaugh's mug shot
The band Rush joins
Peter Gabriel in not wanting to be
associated with Rush Limbaugh. Here's part of the cease and desist
letter Bob Farmer, head of the band's management company, sent to Limbaugh.
The use of Rush’s music in this way is an infringement of Rush’s copyrights and trademarks. The public performance of Rush’s music is not licensed for political purposes and any such use is in breach of public performance licenses and constitutes copyright infringement. There are civil and criminal remedies for copyright infringement, including statutory damages and fines. [...]
In addition, the use of Rush’s music in this manner implies an endorsement of the views expressed and products advertised on the show, and is in breach of not only copyright and trademark rights, but also, of section 51 of the New York Civil Rights Law (excerpt attached).
Ok, not as good as Gabriel's asking "his representatives to make sure his music is withdrawn and especially from these unfair aggressive and ignorant comments," but it still works.
Advertisers are still dropping Limbaugh (we'll have a round-up of all the movement at the end of the day) and he's clearly becoming a pariah.
Here's the thing, though: as Meteor Blades wrote, Limbaugh has been here before, repeatedly. And every time, sponsors wait for the storm to blow over and then eventually come back.
We need to keep that from happening this time. Among the national advertisers dumping Limbaugh, AOL, Tax Resolution Services, Bonobos, Deere & Co., Goodwill Industries, Sensa, ProFlowers, Sleep Number, LegalZoom and Quicken Loans have all said that they are just suspending their advertising. That's not enough, they need to commit to making the break permanent.
Sign our petition to these companies, and tell them to show that they stand for basic health care for American women by dropping their support for him permanently.