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# Huckabee Pays $25,000 To Settle “Eye Of The Tiger” Copyright Case
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/huckabee-pays-25000-to-settle-eye-of-the-tiger-copyright-case/
- Published: 2016-06-29T09:49:09.000Z
- Updated: 2016-06-29T09:49:09.000Z
- Description: When you hear a song played at a political rally, does it imply that the artist singing it endorses that candidate? This is the kind of thorny legal and moral. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/06/huckabee-pays-25000-to-settle-eye-of-the-tiger-copyright-case.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Songwriting & Music Publishing, Adele (singer), Arkansas, CNN, Eye of the Tiger, Frankie Sullivan, Kentucky, Kim Davis, LGBT, Mike Huckabee, Same-sex marriage, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![image from www.celebrityaccess.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1fe979e970c-150wi "image from www.celebrityaccess.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1fe979e970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)When you hear a **song played at a political rally**, does it imply that the artist singing it endorses that candidate? This is the kind o**f thorny legal and moral issue** that continues to resurface, particularly during presidential campaigns.

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Former Arkansas governor and perennial Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Survivor guitarist Frankie Sullivan after Huckabee played their hit "Eye of the Tiger" at a rally he staged in support of Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis. Davis briefly became a celebrity for the conservative set after she refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, citing religious objections. While the settlement was officially secret, Huckabee's payments were revealed as part of his federal election filings, in which he listed a payment to rightsholder Rude Music as a legal settlement for copyright infringement, CNN reported. Huckabee had previously argued that the rally was a religious gathering and that the performance of the song was protected by fair use and "non-commercial" but his argument was not supported by the court after he claimed it as a campaign expense.via [Celebrity Access](http://www.celebrityaccess.com/?ref=hypebot.com)

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