Singer Jackson Browne sues McCain over campaign song

Singer Jackson Browne has sued Republican presidential candidate John McCain for using one of his songs in a campaign ad that ridiculed Democratic contender Barack Obama, according to Billboard magazine.In the lawsuit filed in the District Court in Los Angeles, Browne, a lifelong Democrat, is seeking unspecified damages as well ... ...a permanent injunction prohibiting the use of the song, Running on Empty, in any form by the McCain campaign, the magazine reported Thursday.In the suit, Browne claimed that McCain did not obtain permission to use the song for an ad in which 'Senator McCain and the Republicans mock Democratic candidate for president Barack Obama for suggesting that the country conserve gas through proper tyre inflation.'Not only have Senator McCain and his agents plainly infringed Mr.

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