President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a video on Twitter that appeared to be part of his 2020 reelection campaign. In less than three hours, it had already amassed over 1 million views, but by late Tuesday night, the video was no longer available.
BuzzFeed News has learned that Warner Bros. Pictures filed a copyright infringement complaint to have the video taken down because it uses part of the score from the studio's 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises.
In a statement Tuesday night, Warner Bros. confirmed it was taking action over the video.
"The use of Warner Bros.’ score from The Dark Knight Rises in the campaign video was unauthorized," a spokesperson said. "We are working through the appropriate legal channels to have it removed.”
By late Tuesday night, the video in Trump's tweet had been replaced by a message that it was no longer available "in response to a report by the copyright owner."
throzey on April 10th, 2019 at 00:51 UTC »
Reality truly has surpassed parody.
Usernamesareoutdated on April 10th, 2019 at 00:17 UTC »
Remember when Trump said China was "raping us" by refusing to respect our intellectual property and copyright laws?
More Grand ol' Projection, it seems.
AndIAmEric on April 10th, 2019 at 00:13 UTC »
That video is ridiculous. I can’t believe this is what our country is now.