Woody Guthrie's family to Josh Hawley: Stop using his lyrics, insurrectionist - KansasCityStar

[GGoss]

Woody Guthrie’s family to Josh Hawley: Stop using his lyrics, insurrectionist - KansasCityStar

Sen. Josh Hawley referenced Woody Guthrie last week when he sponsored a bill to prevent people associated with the Chinese Communist Party from owning U.S. farmland and called it the “This Land is Our Land Act.”

But the family of one of America’s most revered folk singers wasn’t exactly thrilled.

Nora Guthrie, Woody’s daughter, said it’s not uncommon for politicians to make use of “This Land is Your Land” because the song advocates for democratic representation. She said she didn’t mind the song being used politically, as long as it aligns with the song’s values.

“In this particular case, the co-opting or parodying of the lyric by those not aligned with Woody’s lyrics - i.e. misrepresentation by autocrats, racists, white nationalists, anti-labor, insurrectionists, etc. - is not condoned,” Guthrie wrote in an email. “We do not consider Josh Hawley in any way a representative of Woody’s values therefore we would never endorse or approve of his reference to Woody’s lyrics.”

Link: https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article272998185.html?taid=640f3cd2f70a1c0001a97a10&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Link to tweet

[EYESORE 9001]

1. I expect the fleet-footed one to double down

His ilk have no respect for intellectual property rights.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. but when we do, the rs moan like doves , we are pirates and hackers.

im for artists and others being paid but this is out right theft.

[Kittycatkat]

33. Let's remember it was Woody Guthrie who wrote "Old Man Trump" in 1951

https://m.

[Walleye]

2. Josh Hawley's version: "This Land is My Land"

This land is my land, this land ain’t your land, I’ve got a shotgun, and you ain’t that one, you better get off, I’ll blow your head off.
Maybe he thinks those are the real lyrics

[raging moderate]

4. "This land was made for only me."

The stirring conclusion to Josh Hawley's version of Woody Guthrie's song.

[dchill]

5. Excellent coda!

[Walleye]

7. Perfect

[Rebl2]

13. That's about

right. He’s one of my idiot senators.

[Paladin]

3. Bravo, Guthrie family.

And fuck you where you breathe, Josh Hawley.

[mucifer]

6. hawley's voters will be told "Woody Guthrie loves hawley" and they will believe it.

their news sources will never tell them what Nora Guthrie believes or states.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

29. It's up to us to spread the word about Chicken Hawley.

[lees1975]

8. Wrong song for Hawley,

given the video of his jaunt through the Capitol when insurrectionists were attacking, his theme should be "take it easy" with the lyrics "runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load."

[orthoclad]

9. Ironic, in that

Woodie wrote a column for The Daily Worker, the paper of the Communist Party USA.

It's much like all the "MLK would have supported" this or that reich-wing bullhonkey, despite him having been a socialist radical.

[keithbvadu2]

10. Reciprocity.

There should be a law that if someone uses your image/intellectual property without your permission, then you can use theirs to promote any cause you wish.

Reciprocity.

[Harker]

12. Hawley has no "intellectual property" worth anything.

I think the reciprocity idea, if somehow implemented, would leave worthwhile people with skills and talent open to exploitation by nobodies with nothing, like Hawley.

[republianmushroom]

11. like it

[panader0]

14. Woody had a sign on his guitar: "This Machine Kills Fascists"

[GGoss]

15. Yes He Did

[NCjack]

20. Josh Hawley, that includes you !!!

[TomSlick]

16. Nora Guthrie has proven she is prepared to protect the copyright in court.

[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/arts/music/this-land-is-your-land-copyright.html|

I would suggest not crossing her.

[RobinA]

18. I Guess That

answers my initial question, Is his stuff in the public domain?

[TomSlick]

32. Apparently not per the NYT article.

[Doc Sportello]

19. Ironic considering the original lyrics had this take on private property

"Was a big high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said: Private Property,
But on the back side it didn't say nothing —
This land was made for you and me."

[DinahMoeHum]

26. Here's another one. . .more or less. . .about poor people

"As I was walking, in the shadow of the steeple
By the relief office, I saw my people
As they stood there hungry, I stood there wondering,
If this land was made for you and me"

[Doc Sportello]

28. Poignant

As many of his lyrics were.

[wnylib]

21. Well, somebody's got to do it, I guess.

[gratuitous]

22. Hey Josh, why don't you steal from a conservative poet?

If any can be found.

[C Moon]

23. I wonder if that would be enough to consider it a copyright infringement.

It's obvious that's what they were doing, but I thought song titles were not protected under our copyright laws.

[H2O Man]

24. Recommended.

[cbabe]

25. Josh photo copyright violation. Did he ever pay up?

https://www.theguardian.com › us-news › 2022 › mar › 15 › josh-hawley-january-6-fist-photo

Mug shot: Republican Josh Hawley told to stop using January 6 fist ...

Mar 15, 2022Mug shot: Republican Josh Hawley told to stop using January 6 fist salute photo The mug featured prominently on Hawley's website on Tuesday despite a cease and desist letter issued by...

[murielm99]

27. My land is my land

your land is my land....etc., etc.,

[malaise]

30. Rec. Rec. Rec

Rec

[live love laugh]

31. TY Woody Guthrie's family