What was I saying the other day about copyright law?

Welp, Jackson Browne is not fucking around with McCain's boys thinking they can plunder copyrighted works with impunity.

Sen. John McCain's campaign is running on empty when it comes to the use of Jackson Browne's song of the same name, and the singer is taking the Republican presidential nominee to court over it, Geoff Boucher reports.

Jackson Browne is suing Sen. John McCain for using "Running on Empty" in television ads and the veteran rocker is also calling the candidate a great pretender when it comes to standing up for constitutional rights. Browne, one of rock music’s most famous activists for liberal causes, is “incensed” that the presumptive Republican candidate for president has been using Browne’s signature 1977 song “Running on Empty” in television campaign commercials, according to the singer-songwriter’s attorney.

Browne, who filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against both McCain and the Republican National Committee on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, is seeking a permanent injunction prohibiting the use of the forlorn arena anthem or any other Browne compositions, as well as damages.

Somebody had to be the first to do it, and I'm not surprised that it's Browne. I hope he gets a nice settlement check from McCain and the RNC.