Filed under: Intellectual Property, Music | Tags: licensing, music video, the white stripes
So I like to think of myself as up on all things musical. Following artists, labels, reviewers, and a slew of music publications seems to give me a good idea of what’s going on in the world of music. However, I must admit I haven’t always been this way, which is probably why and how I missed the White Stripes’ music video for “I Fell in Love with a Girl.”
This is possibly the coolest music video I have ever seen. Someday I need to compile a list, but whenever I do this will be on it.
In other, related news, the White Stripes are complaining that the Air Force re-recorded this same song for a recruitment ad. The band’s complaint is not so much that it is for the military (which they support) but that it was an ad designed to recruit during the current wars (which they do not support). The musician responsible claims that he doesn’t listen to the White Stripes but I have to go out on a limb here and say it sounds pretty suspiciously close to the original.
The Huffington Post has the story and here’s the White Stripes’ original complaint. I’m gonna have to side with the Stripes on this one.
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