McCain Versus Foo Fighters

Matt Corley notes that the Foo Fighters are complaining about John McCain’s use of their song “My Hero” at his campaign events:

“The saddest thing about this is that ‘My Hero’ was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential,” the band said in a statement. “To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song.”

In all honesty, I don’t really think artists should have veto power over who plays their songs at rallies. But McCain’s no copyright reformer, so he’s not all that well-positioned to make a point about the desirability of letting people appropriate these works as they see fit.