Don’t threaten, just do it.

You know it doesn’t seem like all that long ago that people were being sued or threatened for playing music in shops or in the back office of a hotel and stuff like that. It might have been urban legend at the time when the music industry was over reacting to Napster, KaZaA, Limewire, Bearshare, etc, etc. but it is true that those venues officially need a license for any music they play in public. So how come a nationwide advertising campaign can make use of music, without the permission of the artist, and not be sued into oblivion by the RIAA? Or does the artist not own the copyright to their own work? Or does the RIAA sympathise more with gentle, kind Billionaires than nasty greedy non billionaires??

A friend of mine made one of White’s iconic guitars. That friend offered to make a copy of that iconic guitar for me. That friend was threatened with a lawsuit from White if that guitar were copied. I’m not sure that case would have held up in court given that the guitar in question is a copy of a copy, but…

He’s basically decided to stop getting the rights to music he plays at his campaigns. Looking cool is worth the lawyers fees for him.

He’s got enough money to not care about the law. He’s a billionaire and he has a loyal group of followers who keep giving a rich guy more money.

I heard he used Dolly the other day.

Add it to the list:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/all-the-artists-who-dont-want-donald-trump-using-their-music-1235080043/

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