I thought market-worshipping Republicans respected private property!

You'd think that the Republicans - after all their loud laments about incipient socialism & the wisdom of cutting taxes so's we the people could decide how best to spend our $$$... well, you'd think they'd have tremendous respect for property rights.

Apparently not.

Original reporting from TPM:

Aerosmith to House GOP: Don't Use Our Song
By Elana Schor - February 17, 2009
Poor House Republicans. They were pretty psyched yesterday about that new troops-rallying video from Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) that used Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle" to declare that "The House GOP is back" thanks to the party's unanimous opposition to the stimulus.

But unfortunately, Aerosmith wasn't feeling the love. Cantor's clip has been pulled from YouTube after a copyright infringement claim made by Stage Three Music, which owns the rights to "Back in the Saddle."

The GOP's use of the tune "was something we, as the publishers, didn't approve and would not have approved without going to the writers," Connie Ashton, director of copyright and licensing at Stage Three, told me. "Aerosmith did not approve of its use and also wanted to have it taken down," she added.

If they're going to base their opposition on principles, it'd be appropriate if they actually observed those principles!

[Again: I sure hope someone at DNC is writing all this Republican crap down!]