Subj : Buy my CD, but don't play
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Thu Sep 05 2024 09:08:00

> Several elitist musicians are complaining about the Trump campaign using their
> music on social media posts and for playing it at his rallies.
 [...]
> This is beyond TDS, this is some kind of elitism disease. Trump's not making
> bootleg recordings, or selling ripped CDs, he's just playing songs on a stereo
> system. If he can't do it then nobody should be able to either.

This has been going on for years, though.  Springsteen was "upset" several
years ago because lots of people were using "Born in the USA" at events as
if it was a patriotic, and not a protest, song.

The Eagles apparently go after anyone who uses their music in a video on
YT.  There is someone on the FTN networks who ran into that after the
played part of one in one of their videos.  Someone else I follow had to
edit the sound in one of his videos because the Eagles were playing in the
background on the radio during part of it.

In come cases, it is political -- i.e. artist likes candidate A but
candidate B is the one using their music.  There are supposedly a lot of
artists that do like Trump so he should probably stick to using their music.

If you are going to use commercial music, especially in cases that might
make you money (or raise money for a campaign), it is best to get the
permission of the artist first.


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