All she wants to do is tax?

Ben Sheffner has a great piece on his Copyrights and Campaigns blog about a video parody of Don Henley's "All she wants to do is dance" courtesy of California state assemblyman Chuck Devore. Devore, who is running for Democrat Barbara Boxer's Senate seat in 2010, uses the combination of "animation," alternate lyrics and stock news footage of Boxer to make painfully clear his opinion of her as a "tax and spend" liberal.

Fair use? Maybe.

Poor taste? Probably.

Entertaining? Definitely.

At any rate, it looks like we could be in for another political season featuring litigation over the use of music and other intellectual property in political campaigns. See Professor Justin Hughes' recent article for a look at how the use of songs by Jackson Browne, the Foo Fighers, Heart and others created controversy (and in the case of Browne, a federal lawsuit) during the 2008 Presidential campaign.