CBC News reports taht rock band Heart has sent a cease-and-desist letter to American vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin after she used its song Barracuda at the Republican National Convention.

Palin, whose nickname at her high school basketball team was Sarah Barracuda, used the song when she appeared as John McCain's running mate at the convention in St. Paul, Minn. on Sept. 3.

"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission, nor would they have been granted permission," said sisters and singers Ann and Nancy Wilson in a letter about their hit from 1977.

"The McCain campaign respects intellectual property rights," spokesman Brian Rogers told Reuters news agency.

"Accordingly, prior to using Barracuda at any events, we paid for and obtained all necessary licences."

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