Didn't the Rolling Stones

[madamesilverspurs]

tell him to quit using their music?

Still a weird choice for a campaign, in any case.


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[lunasun]

1. Also guns and roses which they played also hate him. DJ was hilarious with song choices though

++ Knockin on heavens door 🙄

[no_hypocrisy]

2. And that's exactly why Trump plays The Stones.

Finger-in-the-eye juvenile retribution.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Yes but some bands/musicians don't own the actual rights to their songs.

Michael Jackson bought out the Beatles' catalogue before Paul McCartney had a chance to do it himself. So now Jackson's family can make money off of Beatles songs, if they choose to let tRump play them.

Besides, team tRump doesn't care about anyone's rights.

[USALiberal]

6. Pay ASCAP and BMI the fees and you can play the song.

[Ms. Toad]

9. Yup. n/t

[winstars]

10. That is totally correct. Can't stop anyone from using your song as long as you pay fee...

[sfstaxprep]

4. I Heard Them Playing John Fogerty & Survivor

Both had previously complained about this.

[Elwood P Dowd]

5. Too bad someone didn't sabatoge it with Fogerty's "Fortunate Son". (nt)

[BigmanPigman]

7. I'm surprised they didn't play The Band's song...

Like my father before me
I will work the land
And like my brother above me
Who took a rebel stand
He was just eighteen, proud and brave
But a Yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the mud below my feet
You can't raise a Caine back up when he's in defeat
The night they drove old Dixie down
And the bells were ringing...

[Ms. Toad]

8. The copyright owners have very little control over music licensed

under a performing rights organization (BMI, SESAC, and ASCAP). If you want to play music, You pay your fees for the appropriate collection of songs, venue, and quantity and you get to use the music. Many venues where music is common have their own license and include the licensing fee in the facility rental.

The only way to control who uses your music is to avoid the licensing entity, which brings its own set of challenges (i.e. if you make it hard to license your music for public use your music won't be licensed).

[winstars]

11. Correct. And even a band like the Stones have to pay a fee if they play a "cover" during the show...

[Ms. Toad]

12. Yup.

The system has some nice aspects (more money actually gets to creators, there is an entity with the ability to enforce rights on behalf of the creators), but you also lose control over who is performing your content - and you don't get to set the fees.