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submitted 4 months ago by odelik@lemmy.today to c/politics@lemmy.world

Former President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of another musical group for unauthorized use of their music. This time, it's the Foo Fighters.

Trump played the band's song "My Hero" when he welcomed former independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage at a rally in Arizona on Friday[...]

[...]The spokesperson added that any royalties received as a result of the Trump campaign's use of the song will be donated to the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz.

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[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

It's even worse when an estate or a record company defends those works.

Oh you use a chord from a song I inherited the rights to? See you in court.

Generally the artists know enough about what went into making the art to know when they're getting ripped off or it's a new work that is coincidentally the same, or just inspired by their work, or maybe it is their work but being used in a cool way so it's fine by them. That's not the case with someone (or some company) that inherits the rights and are just milking it for what it's worth.

For example this video was taken down for copyright infringement. Luckily David Bowie was still alive then and noticed and told his lawyers to lay off.

Another example, John Carpenter told his lawyers to lay off the Metal Gear franchise because he liked the games.

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