Al Green's copyright has been enforce equally. If anyone tries to view the clip of President Obama's vocal debut, the links are dismantled because of copyright. So, demanding the Romney campaign FOLLOW THE LAW, is not singling them out or an act of discrimination so much as enforcing what is Reverend Al Green's to protect. The context of a legacy matters and Reverend Green has his standards.
Al Green hasn't released a new album since 2008's Lay It Down, (click title to entry - thank you) but the soul great has been having a hell of a year. In January, President Barack Obama sang 10 seconds of Green's 1971 hit "Let's Stay Together," single-handedly saving the music business. This week, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney responded to an Obama ad that features the former Massachusetts governor's rather pitchy "America the Beautiful" by running an ad depicting Obama's surprisingly solid Green rendition. As tech blog Ars Technica points out (via the Daily Swarm), though, the Romney YouTube ad has been hit with that common, dreaded sight: a copyright takedown notice. The ironing is delicious....
