One of Eminem's publishers has filed papers alleging National breached copyright by using the Lose Yourself in its campaign ads. Photo / AP
There are only two days left in what has been the craziest run-up to a general election in living memory.
Just when things couldn't get wackier, and our politicians were already making global headlines for all the wrong reasons, up jumped Eminem, or rather, up jumped one of his publishers
who filed papers in the High Court alleging the National Party breached copyright by using the rap superstar's song Lose Yourself in its campaign advertisements.
The schadenfreude from the Left is understandable - here's a party that championed the cause of Big Entertainment in fighting copyright abuse, eg illegal downloading, facing the music itself.
But if National, as it claims, ticked all the boxes and went through the required processes to use the track legitimately the issue lies with those further up the chain, including those who created, sold and resold or licensed this version of the music, which is undoubtedly similar to the original.
National can quite rightly feel hard done by.
