As reported last week, Nicolas Sarkozy's political party UMP unlawfully used MGMT's "Kids" at a rally — this, of course, is ironic because UMP (the French equivalent of the Republican party) is awfully strict about piracy and copyright infringement. MGMT chose to sue due to ideological differences, and it appears the party (unlike John McCain after a similar flap with Jackson Browne last fall) is making a speedy attempt to rectify the situation. A Babelfish translation of the French press release reveals:

 “UMP is very attached to the respect of the royalties. And the protection of works of the artists is something of paramount”, underlined Mr. Bertrand. “Compensations had to be envisaged. This is completely normal. The music used in the meetings was it within the framework of the SACEM and thus by paying rights to the SACEM. We are looking at so that there is a right compensation for the group”, has it says. “We respect the right of the authors above all, for this reason we wish to manage an agreement”.

[The Daily Swarm]