Donald Trump’s campaign is pushing back against a claim by the Foo Fighters who said “My Hero” was played during a rally without their permission. NBC News legal analyst Danny Cevallos explains that artists don’t have total control over their music if they are part of a licensing agreement and whether the Foo Fighters will be able to sue the Trump campaign.
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I remember this happened back in the day with Sarah Palin who was on the ticket for vice president with John McCain. She was trying to make Heart’s song “barracuda” her theme. 😂Heart immediately said, “nope. We don’t want her coming out to our song!”
This isn’t a “favor” done by venues and licensing agencies, as this jerk is trying to imply. Copyright holders have ABSOLUTE authority to control how and where their music is played. So sick of “these people” making excuses for Trump’s continual illegalities. You can tell they’re MAGATS.
The eula says that bmi can change the tos at will without prior notice…..isnt this a standard nowadays with companies? 😮
He’s a typical theif.
The Foo Fighters and others on the list aren’t stupid. They knew their rights. Stop trumpslaining.
I would want Seamus Kennedy (an Irish singer) to rewrite this song of his https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO397hnMi2w and have the words in the new version of the song be:
“I know a guy who who gets on everybody’s nerves and his name is a Donald Trump”
Maybe someone should play it loudly outside Mar-a-Lago…
More seriously, music is a form of free speech, and why would ANY artist want their music played at a venue of the guy, Trump, who wants to tear up the Constitution which includes removing the free speech of music…
He did that to Beyoncé I believe
Trump should use the song…I fought the law and the law won!
These artists needs to come together and sue him for copyright infringement.
Trump doesn’t care about artists like he doesn’t care what people wants. It’s always about himself.
The Trump campaign may have an argument (in court) BUT the other problem is that Trump doesn’t pay their bills all the time. Part of the reason they are doing rallies in weird rallies is because they still owe so many places money from the 2016 campaign
Trump, grifter in chief, has added “stealing music for political purposes” against the will of the artist to his repertoire.
Your politics is so phooked up its un true… you have only 2 partys and no real choice…
Someone else commented on another video that all of these artists need to get together & file a class action lawsuit against Drumpf. I completely agree! Enough is enough. Sue the 🍊💩💩gibbon
How embarrassing to have all these musicians come out and declare Trump not good enough for their songs.
No one wants to be with Stinky.
it happened with GEORGE BUSH.. so this HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM.. for honest artists/musicians
During the DNC Roll Call, they played a Muzak Dance version of Take Me Home during WV. Something tells me they couldn’t get the rights from John Denver’s estate. Meanwhile, Sony owns the rights to Village People’s YMCA. The Prince estate owns all of The Purple One’s music rights. As Swift’s story shows, owning your own music is difficult and messy.
Eminem got a quick half a million out of New Zealand’s right wing party classic
Trumps age gets in the way
Orange Menace strikes again…
💩💩💩🇺🇸💩💩💩
Foo Fighter should write a song about how much they hate Trump and have it chart, That would be fair.
My Hero belongs to Shane Hawkins now.
Using the income to fund Kamala – brilliant
Well, that’s a pretty goofy comparison, because there was no copyright on god save the queen
The Foo Fighters should write a song about Trump stealing music…
VONSHITZINPANTS – IF I WERE YOU I WOULDN’T TAKE ON DAVE GROHL AND/OR THE FOO FIGHTERS IN A LEGAL DISPUTE – HE / THEY HAVE WAAAAYYYY
MORE MONEY THAN YOU AND CAN AFFORD BETTER LAWYERS – HE/THEY WILL WIPE THE FLOOR WITH YOU AND YOUR SHYSTERS IN COURT !!!
Can you get a spell checker for your label thingies. You need to learn to spell “PERMISSION”
Of course. No one may resist the will of the Orange Furher, the Golden Stalin, the Lard-Butt Ayatollah. He may do whatever he likes while everyone else suffers his stench.
Fist fight, Trump vs Grohl. Caesar’s Palace. 1.5 billion $ prize will go to Harris campaign with $50 set aside for cleaning Donald’s blood and poop off the canvas. Be there!!!
I love the Foo fighters even more!! 💙💙💙
Well, yeah because they don’t own their own music the record companies did. Trump went through one of the record companies to get the licensing for the Foo Fighters need to get over their selves they want that good of a band anyway.
Yoko Ono should sue Trump for using Imagine at some of his past events!!! Poor John Lennon was probably doing cartwheels in his grave!
We spend so much energy and time on the tangerine toddler instead of focusing on improving the US, climate, etc. Time, money and energy so wasted.
I know quite afew artists who have come out against Trump using their music. The respectful and lawful thing would be to ask. Many artists keep the rights to their music and if in a band it’s a group decision to sell. Trump would be better off to ask recording artists who support him for permission rather then to go through the legal hassles.
I hope they used “the pretender” for Dump…
The Trump campaign has been stealing music since the last election!
So, The bottom line Trump once again decides he’s above the law & doesn’t need to follow the rules.
How many cease and desist orders has trump received vs other political candidates since 2016? I imagine those numbers will give you an interesting view on how they don’t ask permission first.
Yes, this is a licensing issue. But you still have to get approval from the record company so they get their money. Artists can still reject it. Trump is not even ASKING for permission first. They need to. Honestly, artists should just have the right to sue and fine violators straight out. It’s their music.
The Village People have been sending cease-and-desist letters to the Orange Menace’s campaign for years! But “YMCA” and “Macho Man” keep getting played at rallies. If these people are mostly homophobes, what’s the appeal? Or are they just that ignorant?
Europe maybe will donate “Final Countdown” to Trump
This IS fascinating!
Something they didn’t bring up, but I would think the campaigns should worry about is getting an artist’s fan base moving against their candidate. Trump’s campaign isn’t stupid enough to go after the KPOP or Taylor Swift fans, but they’re taking a risk with some of these other big names assuming the number of fans willing to get active aren’t a large enough number to matter..i hope they have miscalculated.
total immunity
No one. I mean no one wants trump to use their music. He can’t get a hint. We don’t want the orang turd. Why won’t it go away ???
No I heard it
Sue DT. Its the only thing he understands.
If foo fighters support the democrats, I will never listen to them again
Trump never learns.🤦🏾♂️
Lol! Embarrassing. 😂 This is not the first time artists disallowed Trump to use their song in his campaign.
I suggest, the Foo Fighters perform live “My Hero” in one of Kamala’s campaign rally.
All of these artists need to follow their lead and publicly announce to donate all royalties and proceeds from trump using their music to the Harris Walz campaign ‼️😜👍
Are you saying George Washington played a recording of “God Save the King”? No? Then why bring that up as if it were a parallel concept? Yeah, Trump ignores artists’ cease and desist demands. They don’t care whose work the abuse.
They ought to be happy someone is actually listening to their music..
Grohl is a pompous arrogant self important jerk. His words and misinformation mean nothing.
Good character doesn’t want to be an accomplice to fascism!
The best songs for his campaign: Lies Lies Lies, by the Thompson Twins; ans Crazy, by Barenaked Ladies.
Ask Bruce Springsteen!!!!
Of course he didn’t ask permission..only classy people do the right thing
.and he has no class
Typical American ignorance, at the time, Great Britain didn’t even have a queen. You’d hate it if we referred to ‘The star spangled banner’ as an ‘American song’. Stupidity is stupidity whether blue or red.
Trump is the Raygun of politicians
It was just “irritating” until My Hero. How very dare they!!!!!!
They should all join in a lawsuit.
He is a thief
He steals everything.
Can’t even respect an artist’s choice to not use their music, pretty sure that’s how much he respects the people he wants to be in charge of.
The Foos hold the rights to their music! Just because a venue has the right to use it doesn’t mean they can use it for everything! They do not like trump & they can have stipulations in place on where & when it can be played!
The only way an artist can lose their music rights is if they sign them over! Bringing up Swift was hilarious though! They left out that UMG & Big Machine are in a deal together! Swift has always been signed to UMG! Look into people! The only reason Swift re-recorded those albums was for MONEY! If people who like the fake would wake up & see how much of a fraud she is, the better off they will all be!
You guys truly are showing how you do not do complete research into your news cast! Manipulation is key! All mainstream media is propaganda!
Not a foo fighters fan and I don’t know much about David, but I do know he is a guy who wants to help others and gives back to his community regularly, which not only money but his time as well. That doesn’t jive w MAGA values.
Same for a lot of other artists trump has tried to use and the artist comes out against it. I do feel the titanic theme was the most appropriate song they used w/ out permission though 😂
The musician wrote that music and even through BMI the musician still owns that music. Not f’n Trump though he thinks he has anything he wants. Something he will learn is that his money in a lawsuit he won’t win against those that have the money to fight it out.
Thief and liar – von Klownstik
Oh You Fools You Really Don’t Want To Start A War With Dave!!!
More trump crimes, shocking
Trump is a thief, proven to steal from his own charity FDJT
The real question is, will any of these suits go through.
This is almost as bad as how the army uses the song War Pigs in recruitment adds😢
Dave Grohl will pull licensing agreements before he allows orange clown to continue using it, I would guess. Well-liked people don’t have this problem… hint hint
Of course they do. Narcissists never admit being wrong.
Trump violating other People’s right What. A Schocker – the Orange Clown os a disgrace
Watch the video for “My Hero.” It shows the _antithesis_ of Donald Trump in action. Really, really gross. All Trump does is _take._ He is no hero. Mr. EX-President.🙄
Dave grohl raging for the machine, thats a laugh
We need a MUCH longer list of musicians who refuse to let these traitors use their music. C’mon!!! Check your contracts and flesh it out. Even if contract does not allow, go viral letting everyone know. It makes a difference.
trump is a joke at this point they thikn they are above the law nd cn do anything they want
foofighter dont wan them to use their song ad yet they use it and claim they have the right
cause using an artist song is like claiming they support your party so
if foofighter are not into delusion not into coruption not into dictature they wont support trump so they dont want their music used to destroy their image
Way to go Dave 😂
Maybe he should ask The Rollins Band if he can use “Liar”.
It would be interesting to see other back lash. Such as concerts and tours who may begin to boycott venues who allow candidates to use their music without permission.
But really. Where are the popular MAGA artists, like Nugent? Why aren’t they providing Trump with snappy tunes and melodies?
Right wingers want musicians to stay out of politics, and also they want to use those same musicians music in the furtherance of their political campaigns.
It’s a nuisance suit. But a perfect nuisance suit, against the perfect nuisance.
I still say, Beck needs to offer him Loser.
OK I understand that the Trump. campaign think they have the appropriate licenses and the artists are saying they do not and that they need an additional license, regardless of this though does the Trump campaign really want the negative association and publicity that comes from using an artists music who it then going to object. All it does it make it clears to the fans of the band that they don’t support Trump
If thee is a dispute then Trump is wrong. That’s it. Solved
But Trump has his A-list musical talent to chose from like tired old Vanilla Ice still attempting Ice Ice Baby and Smash Mouth still croaking out Allstar. Let’s talk about all his vocal F-lister CRAZY supporters like: Roseanne. Kid Rock, Rob Schneider, Dean Cane and Victoria Jackson.
Foo fighters said everytime it’s used they will donate all proceeds to kamala 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Artists need to start suing!
I wish Dave Grohl would run for President.
‘My Country Tis of Thee (America)’ has the same melody as ‘God Save the Queen’.
Put the FOO on dt.HARRIS/WALZ 2024.
The question I have is: Since Trump has a record of not paying these venues, which would also include the licensing agreements to the music allowed, so, if they aren’t paid, wouldn’t the Artist be able to sue then?
Trump once again turns his back on social norms. That is a good sign of a psychopath.
Kid Rock is about the ONLY ONE that is okay with the orange, criminal, dictator wannabe using his music
😂😂😂
“I just grab musicians right by their songs, i dont even ask’