Not something Steven Joyce, Nats campaign manager 2005, 2008, seems to be too good at. Even though he owned a big radio network at one stage.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment...copyright-case
Why he thought paying $4802 for the rights to a close copy of the Eminem song, when its normal use fee would have been at least $750,000 - if they were allowed to use it - was "pretty legal", is beyond me.
Jo de Joux was the campaign manager that year. And they'd done it before, in 2008 under Joyce, with a Coldplay track.
They obtained some non-lawyer advice, and went ahead. If National lose this case, they'll try to get the costs back from the industry advisors, or more likely their insurers. But they'll have to front a big fine first, so I'm guessing any National Party donations this year, might be getting used partly on fixing up the big mistake in 2014. That's gotta hurt.