Chorus.fm — Authentik Artists CEO Scott Austin wrote out (http://whoisscottaustin.com/open-letter-to-franz-ferdinand/) against *Franz Ferdinand* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/franzferdinand) over their dismay of being unwittingly featured in McDonald's ads (http:... more info

Undercover, Australia — Franz Ferdinand are not happy after their music was used for a McDonalds campaign. more info

411 Mania — From The Killers "indefinite hiatus" and the lineups for Coachella and the Rockstar Mayhem Festival to new My Chemical Romance and Gorillaz music, Franz Ferdinand's record label using their music for a McDonald's ad without permission, Ozzy changing ... more info

XFM.co.uk — Alex Kapranos launches an expletive-ridden tirade against their US label... more info

Battery In your Leg — I’ll admit right up front that I have absolutely adored Marion Cotillard since I first saw her in Love Me If You Dare, so she probably gets a free pass from me in most everything she does due to my mushy feelings for her. Still, I’m pretty sure t... more info

News of The World — Franz Ferdinand's Alex has McDonald's unhappy deal. more info

Perez Hilton — This is sort of odd, but interesting. Scottish band Franz Ferdinand and the lovely Marion Cotillard have teamed up to record a song to promote the new Dior fragrance, Lady Dior. Marion is Dior's main gal, so we get why she is working to promote t... more info

Chorus.fm — *Franz Ferdinand (http://www.absolutepunk.net/franzferdinand)* are unhappy with their US label (http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/22/franz-ferdinand-frontman-mad-at-label-over-mcdonalds-licensing/) for licensing a track for a McDonald's commercial witho... more info

Rolling Stone — Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos has lashed out at the band’s U.S. distributor Epic Records after the label licensed one of the group’s songs for a McDonalds ad campaign without getting permission from the band, Stereogum reports. “This: ... more info

Stereogum — Sony stepped in it this time. NME reports on a Twitter-spat (aka twat) Kapranos is having with his U.S. label Epic, owned by the Sony corporation, who licensed one of Franz Ferdinand's tracks to the McDonald's site latenightmcdonalds.com (the site... more info