10-12-2018, 05:09 PM
Anyway....................Trump has recently started using Prince's "Purple Rain" at rallies, including last week in South Haven, Mississippi.
Prince's half-brother Omarr Baker said, 'The Prince Estate has never given permission to President Trump or the White House to use Prince's songs.'
Other singers have launched similar attempts to stop their music being used at Trump rallies, including Steve Tyler after 'Livin' On The Edge' was played.
'This is not about Dems Vs Repub. I do not let anyone use my songs without my permission. My music is for causes not for political campaigns or rallies. Protecting copyright and songwriters is what I've been fighting for even before this current administration took office,' Steven Tyler said. He's right, in my opinion.
Trump has the support of musicians who've got amazing bodies of work from which to choose: Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Kanye West, plus a whole bunch of country music stars who I don't really know much about it. Why not get permission and use their creative/work product for political purposes, likely without a justified demand for compensation?
Instead, the following artists' music has been used, much to their chagrin and without authorization or compensation, at Trump rallies: Neil Young, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Queen, Elton John, R.E.M., Adele, Twisted Sister, Prince (estate), Luciano Pavaratti (estate), and George Harrison (estate).
Prince's half-brother Omarr Baker said, 'The Prince Estate has never given permission to President Trump or the White House to use Prince's songs.'
Other singers have launched similar attempts to stop their music being used at Trump rallies, including Steve Tyler after 'Livin' On The Edge' was played.
'This is not about Dems Vs Repub. I do not let anyone use my songs without my permission. My music is for causes not for political campaigns or rallies. Protecting copyright and songwriters is what I've been fighting for even before this current administration took office,' Steven Tyler said. He's right, in my opinion.
Trump has the support of musicians who've got amazing bodies of work from which to choose: Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Kanye West, plus a whole bunch of country music stars who I don't really know much about it. Why not get permission and use their creative/work product for political purposes, likely without a justified demand for compensation?
Instead, the following artists' music has been used, much to their chagrin and without authorization or compensation, at Trump rallies: Neil Young, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Queen, Elton John, R.E.M., Adele, Twisted Sister, Prince (estate), Luciano Pavaratti (estate), and George Harrison (estate).