Johnny Cash Estate 'Just Says No' to Preparation H

The estate of Johnny Cash refused to sell the right to use his song "Ring of Fire" to Preparation H.

The 1964 smash hit was written by Merle Kilgore and Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, who died a few months before her husband in 2003.

Too bad for Preparation H but hooray for Rosanne Cash, Johnny's daughter, who together with her siblings runs the estate.

You may recall that back in 1995 the Rolling Stones let Microsoft use their song "Start Me Up" for its Windows 95 ad campaign in return for a cool $10 million.

Maybe the Stones just needed the money more.

[via Richard Tomkins and The Financial Times]