Neil Young Posts Lawsuit Against Trump Campaign Over Song Usage
Source: Rolling Stone
Neil Young posted a lawsuit against President Donald Trumps campaign to his Archives site Tuesday, claiming the President and his campaign does not have a proper license to play his songs Rockin in the Free World and Devils Sidewalk at rallies.
It is unclear whether the suit has been officially filed; a representative for Young did not immediately reply to Rolling Stones request for comment. Specific defendants associated with the campaign have yet to be added to the suit as well.
The lawsuit is the latest salvo in a long spat between Young and Trump that dates all the way back to June 2015, when Trump played Rockin in the Free World immediately after announcing his intention to run for president. Young expressed his displeasure then and did so again after Trump played the song at a 2018 rally he expressed the same sentiment most recently after Trump played the Freedom cut at events in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Mount Rushmore.
Youngs lawsuit states: The Campaign does not now have, and did not at the time of the Tulsa rally, have a license or Plaintiffs permission to play the two Songs [Rockin in the Free World and Devils Sidewalk] at any public political event. Young is seeking statutory damages in the maximum amount allowed for willful copyright infringement.
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-lawsuit-trump-campaign-rockin-in-the-free-world-1039173/
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)They were warned - repeatedly!
StarryNite
(9,445 posts)Get 'em Neil!
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)"There is a town in North Ontario"....... One of Canada's finest exports.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)orleans
(34,051 posts)that allows the venue to play thousands of songs
i wonder if that is how trump is skirting around this issue for all these years
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)individual use of their music.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)MRDAWG
(501 posts)I have another reason to like him.
Dr. Strange
(25,921 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)MichMan
(11,931 posts)My favorite musician of all time, but he can be quite unpredictable
oasis
(49,387 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,479 posts)..."3,570 dead in Ohio" doesn't have the same ring to it but I'd buy a copy just to support the lawsuit.
Get 'em Neil.