This week, Rude Music, Inc., owner of the copyrighted and
Grammy-winning song "Eye of the Tiger," filed suit in
Chicago federal court against Mike Huckabee's presidential
campaign for playing the song without permission at a September
rally in Grayson, Kentucky for Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk
who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex
couples. The song was played as Mike Huckabee escorted Ms. Davis
out of the Carter County Detention Center.
It seems that Mike Huckabee is himself an author or co-author of
more than a dozen copyrighted works. According to Rude Music, Mr.
Huckabee is also a repeat offender. Rude Music's complaint
alleges that, during Mr. Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign,
the founder of the band Boston demanded that his campaign stop
playing the Boston hit "More than a Feeling" at campaign
events. Rude Music's complaint says that many staffers and
consultants of Mr. Huckabee's 2016 presidential campaign are
alumni
