Yesterday, Rihanna tweeted her disapproval after learning that President Donald Trump had been playing her music at his rallies. Her legal team has since sent Trump a cease and desist letter for playing songs including “Don’t Stop the Music” at multiple political events, Rolling Stone reports.
“As you are or should be aware, Ms. Fenty has not provided her consent to Mr. Trump to use her music,” her legal team reportedly wrote in a letter sent to Trump’s White House counsel. “Such use is therefore improper.” The letter continues by claiming that Trump’s use of her music “creates a false impression that Ms. Fenty is affiliated with, connected to or otherwise associated with Trump.”
Pharrell’s lawyers recently sent the president a cease and desist letter after Trump played “Happy” at a campaign event shortly following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. Axl Rose called out the president for his unauthorized use of Guns N’ Roses’ songs.
TokenAndroid on November 6th, 2018 at 04:10 UTC »
the rights are not in question, as the venue has the right to use it. the legal argument that may actually hold water, as stated by the article, is whether the usage of the music "creates a false impression that Ms. Fenty is affiliated with, connected to or otherwise associated with Trump."
would probably have to go to court to decide whether or not that is the case, but if they stop using the songs then the matter is settled.
badvegas on November 6th, 2018 at 03:58 UTC »
Didn't this happen a few times like rage against the machine against somebody. I know the Beastie boys have gotten mad at their music as well being used. It sucks they have to give up there rights for the music to be able to make it in the music world.
Theklassklown286 on November 6th, 2018 at 03:36 UTC »
So do you not need to pay licenses to play music at rallies? I feel like these artists wouldn’t agree to license to trump in the first place