Politicians being told not to use a song happens surprisingly often actually, I know Donald Trump was told not to use one, I believe it was “rocking in the free world”. They’ve also told Nigel Farage off, apparently.
Politicians being told not to use a song happens surprisingly often actually, I know Donald Trump was told not to use one, I believe it was “rocking in the free world”. They’ve also told Nigel Farage off, apparently.
Trump has used so much music without permission that it has a Wikipedia entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_who_oppose_Donald_Trump's_use_of_their_music
Oh fuck me.
As much as I feel for the musicians who are watching their music be used by that monster, they unfortunately don’t have any sort of legal defense or otherwise to stop him from using their music.
Doesn’t it depend if the musicians are the rights holder or not? And if the venue or event organizers have a license to use the music. You can’t play music during a public event without the proper license for that music.
Yes-ish sort of but not really. It’s not quite that simple.
Licensing and ownership/distribution rights are incredibly contentious for a reason.