White Stripes singer angered after Trump aide shares social media post using clip of band’s hit Seven Nation Army

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White Stripes singer angered after Trump aide shares social media post using clip of band’s hit Seven Nation Army

  • frazw@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    2 months ago

    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??

      • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
        2·
        2 months ago

        The Electronic Music scene has the Association For Electronic Music (AFEM), because the RIAA are insane about public performance rules and would completely kneecap the club scene if they were in charge. If DJs can’t perform the shit in their collection without explicit rights for every track, the scene falls apart.

        Interestingly, Trump could likely get away with hiring DJs and playing club anthems at his rallies, but that would probably alienate his base pretty severely.

    • MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 months ago

      I think they should instead say something like, “The tRump campaign is so inept, so disorganized, that they don’t even know that they need to get permission first to use certain songs at their rallies. Sad.”

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    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.

  • Orbituary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    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…

  • generichate1546@lemmynsfw.com
    7·
    2 months ago

    You know I want to dislike this guy because I thought the white stripes were REALLY overrated…but then he absolutely goes nuts helping vinyl explode and now this…I can’t like the guy but goddamn he is absolutely the least worst. Go Jack

  • Asafum@feddit.nl
    45·
    2 months ago

    I love that with almost every song he tries to use lately the artist slaps him down!

    We will also learn who the greedy artists are who first push back and then retract as they notice backlash and decreased income from the Magoo army.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2410·
      2 months ago

      Funny how conservatives hate art and artists and anyone on the left, and yet boy, they sure do like the art the left makes.

      Wonder why they won’t stick to kid rock and country shit.

    • mad_asshatter@lemmy.worldOP
      251·
      2 months ago

      I read somewhere that he used Dolly’s “Jolene” yesterday.

      Would love that fallout if true…

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        2 months ago

        Dolly’s said she keeps herself out of politics unless she’s directly attacked, like when that columnist for the Federalist slagged her for not being homophobic despite being a Christian.

        • norimee@lemmy.world
          14·
          2 months ago

          But wouldn’t using her music for political campaigns go against the keeping out of politics?
          I wouldn’t be surprised if she not exactly speaking out against trump but speaking out about a political campaign using her music.