Eagles musician Don Henley has reached an out-of-court settlement with a US politician who used his songs for an election campaign without permission.
Republican Senatorial candidate Chuck DeVore paid an undisclosed sum of money and made an apology for creating parodies of two hits written by Henley.
The California politician also said sorry for rewriting the song lyrics.
Henley said he took action to protect "the rights of artists to control the use of the works they create".
"My colleagues and I brought this lawsuit to protect our music from being taken and used, without permission, to promote someone else's agenda. It was not a question of political ideology," he added.
'Disparaging remarks'
Mr DeVore admitted that the song parodies, which were posted on YouTube, had infringed copyright.
"Political candidates, regardless of affiliation, should seek appropriate licence authority before they use copyrighted works.
"Further, we regret all inaccurate, derogatory or disparaging remarks made about Mr Henley during the course of this dispute," his statement added.
After Henley took legal action, Mr DeVore said "it's time to up the ante on Mr Henley's liberal goon tactics", and claimed the material was used fairly.
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