Ottawa Citizen: …Tories face the music for using song

Ottawa Citizen: Copyright tough guys, Tories face the music for using song
Party in hot water after using tune in video without permission
Glen McGregor, with files from Andrew Potter,

As the Harper government prepares to introduce tougher new copyright rules, the Conservative party is being accused of using the theme song from the reality TV show The Apprentice without permission of the record company that owns it.
At a press conference on Sunday, the Conservatives presented an election-style attack video about the alleged costs of Stéphane Dion’s spending promises, set to the musical refrain of “money, money, money, money, mo-ney.”
The video was presented to support the Tories’ claim that the Liberal leader would run up $62.5 billion in new debt if elected. It splices together video clips of Mr. Dion citing financial figures, accompanied by a segment of the 1974 hit song, For the Love of Money.

The press conference was led by Industry Minister Jim Prentice, who is also responsible for overseeing reforms intended to strengthen Canada’s copyright laws. Copies of the video were broadcast by media organizations on national television, but have not been broadcast by the Tories.

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