The ARA have set a deadline of 10 August for campaign committees to respond to their requests. The letter also calls unauthorised use of music for political events "dishonest and immoral", adding that it "undermines the campaign process, confuses the voting public, and ultimately distorts elections." "For artists that do choose to engage politically in campaigns or other contexts, this kind of unauthorised public use confuses their message and undermines their effectiveness." "Being dragged unwillingly into politics in this way can compromise an artist's personal values while disappointing and alienating fans - with great moral and economic cost," the letter adds.
This is the only way to effectively protect your candidates from legal risk, unnecessary public controversy, and the moral quagmire that comes from falsely claiming or implying an artist's support or distorting an artists' expression in such a high stakes public way." The ARA (and the artists that signed the letter) ask campaign committees "to pledge that all candidates you support will seek consent from featured recording artists and songwriters before using their music in campaign and political settings. Pitchfork reports that the open letter has been published by the Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), and it's a response to the unauthorised use of music by politicians for political events. As well as being signed by Lorde and Pearl Jam, the open letter addressed to campaign committees is also signed by Aerosmith, Alanis Morissette, Blondie, Courtney Love, Cyndi Lauper, Elvis Costello, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Jason Isbell, Keith Richards, the Kurt Cobain estate, Lionel Richie, Lykki Li, Mick Jagger, Okkervil River, R.E.M., Sia, and many others.
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