![]() Regardless, both the White House and the Trump campaign have shown little interest in responding to the wishes of artists who have objected to having their music used - a long list that, besides Young and the Stones, includes the Tom Petty estate, R.E.M., Queen, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, Panic! at the Disco, Aerosmith and Elton John. Trump’s “celebration” in South Dakota was technically not a campaign rally, despite his partisan speech, so it’s not known whether the White House would claim to BMI and ASCAP that it was not a political event. Later this week, ASCAP told Deadline that the Trump campaign was legally blocked from using the Stones songs under its aegis as well. BMI confirmed that it had conveyed to the campaign that it was blocked from using the Stones’ BMI catalog. Although nearly any rock artist that’s ever had a song used by Trump before has publicly objected at some point, this was believed to be the first time anyone had publicly cited BMI’s Political Entities License in saying such usage could be legally blocked. ![]() ![]() The South Dakota event’s appropriation of these and other Young songs at the event follows last weekend’s announcement by the Rolling Stones that the group was filing a cease-and-desist order against the Trump campaign and would proceed to litigation if it did not stop using their music at rallies. Remember it is the voice of a tax-paying U.S. ![]() ![]() Your mindless destruction of our shared natural resources, our environment, and our relationships with friends around the world is unforgivable.… Our first black president was a better man than you are.” He added that “Rockin’ in the Free World” “is not a song you can trot out at one of your rallies… Every time ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ or one of my songs is played at your rallies, I hope you hear my voice. In an open letter to Trump in February, Young wrote, “You are a disgrace to my country. ![]()
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