Originally Posted by ApK
Because it really is their right. You do not get to say "you sold me one thing, so now you have to sell me everything else."
That's what it being THEIR right means.
A presidential administration that Bruce Springsteen did not agree with once wanted to use "Born in the USA" as a campaign song. Springsteen said no. He refused to license it to them. That was his choice and his right under copyright law. He is under no obligation to take their money.
(Compulsory license rights do exist for other IP uses, but not that, and not this.)
(Parenthetically, Springsteen supposedly said "If they want to use 'Born in the USA' then they obviously haven't listened to the words...." It truly would have been a mind-bogglingly stupid choice.)
ApK
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