It appears McCain hasn't changed his stance on using music without copyright, as at the conclusion of the GOP convention on Thursday night, the campaign played the song “Barracuda” by Heart. Sarah Palin's high school nickname was reportedly "Sarah Barracuda."

Anyway, Heart wasn't too happy about McCain's use of their song. A Heart spokesperson said:

"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission. We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."

In addition to the two infringements of copyright already presented, ThinkProgress has more:

In August, singer Jackson Browne sued the McCain campaign and the Ohio Republican Party for copyright infringement because his song “Running on Empty” was used in an ad by the state party. Browne’s lawyers said that “McCain and his campaign were well aware of” this fact.

In August, the McCain campaign re-cut a web ad after comedian Mike Myers’s publicist complained about the use of footage of Myers and fellow Saturday Night Live alum Dana Carvey’s “Wayne’s World” characters.

Earlier this year, the copyright owners for the “Rocky” theme song “telephoned the McCain campaign to politely complain it was being used without permission.”

And earlier this year, McCain defended his adoration of ABBA, but he's managed to stay away from their songs.

Hmmm, maybe the RIAA and MPAA had better ask McCain how he really feels about P2P and music downloading, eh?