Brooklyn Band Busts Sarkozy For Copyright Infringement

French President Nicolas Sarkozy may be a law-and-order type of guy, but he may have run afoul of copyright law.



Brooklyn-based musical duo MGMT have threatened to sue Sarkozy and his conservative UMP party over misuse of the band's electro-hippie anthem "Kids" at a party rally in January, as well as on two videos available on the party's Web site.



"Control yourself/Take only what you need from it," goes the ridiculously catchy song's chorus, and apparently the UMP didn't heed that refrain.



The party said it paid about $70 to the French music-licensing organization to use the song at the rally, but MGMT's lawyer says...click to continue reading