Young’s complaint alleges that Trump’s campaign “does not now have, and did not at the time of the Tulsa rally, have a license or Plaintiff’s permission to play the two Songs at any public political event,” but it does not specify its licensing status with BMI, the performance rights organization that manages usage rights of Young’s catalog.
not “me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies.” Artists have the option of asking their performance rights organization — typically BMI or its peer group ASCAP — to put specific songs under a political exclusion so that their music cannot be obtained through a broad license,But rarely have artists gone to court. R.E.M. has been threatening legal action against Trump since January but has not filed any formal complaints, for instance.
There’s also the cost to consider. “No campaign should use an artist’s song without permission because it undeniably constitutes at least an implied endorsement of the candidate by the artist — but it will be hugely expensive for Neil to spar in court with the deep-pocketed Trump campaign,” says Lawrence Iser, a copyright attorney at the firm Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert.
Defendants have 21 days to respond from the suit’s file date. Court decisions on cases like these usually take nine to 12 months, attorneys say, meaning that an outcome on Young vs. Trump will be due well after the November 2020 election.
He told Trump, 'This note's NOT for you.'
Can he sue him into resigning? Neilyoung
No.
Music should not be allowed to be picky [guitar pun] like that. Copyrights do not have a “If I like Him it’s a yes” clause. And I bet unlike latter day Prince many artists are not sole owners of their music.
Well what if realDonaldTrump wants to sue Neil young?
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