Saturday, August 17, 2019

Warner Bros. and Many Singers Tell Trump Not to Use their Music

He's done it a LOT. Trump has used music without asking permission for his hateful campaign. On

June 17, 2019  Warner Brothers music told him the Soundtrack to "The Dark Knight" (Batman) does not want him playing their music. There are a LOT of musicians and singers who want NOTHING to do with the hateful one. .You would think that with all of these musicians and famous singers telling you to lay off their music that you'd think there's something wrong with you... Just saying. After the article below, read about all the others who told Trump never to use their music to promote his campaign>>>

STORY: Warner Bros. shuts down Trump 2020 video on Twitter for 'unauthorized' use of copyrighted music

WASHINGTON – Warner Bros. Pictures appears to have shut down a video posted on Twitter by President Donald Trump, citing a copyright issue. The two-minute 2020 campaign video, set to the score from the 2012 blockbuster "The Dark Knight Rises," was unavailable Tuesday night, just hours after Trump had posted it to Twitter.
“The use of Warner Bros.’ score from 'The Dark Knight Rises' in the campaign video was unauthorized. We are working through the appropriate legal channels to have it removed," a company spokesperson said in a statement. The video was gone by Tuesday night, replaced with a message that read: "This media has been disabled in response to a report by the copyright owner."

ABOUT THE DARK KNIGHT SOUNDTRACK - The soundtrack was composed by Batman Begins collaborators Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard and recorded in April 2008. The score won the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.

OTHER ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS WHO SAID "STOP USING MY MUSIC"
2. Adele
Song: "Rolling in the Deep," "Skyfall"
Politician: Donald Trump
3. Aerosmith
Song: "Dream On"
Politician: Donald Trump
4. Elton John
Song: "Rocket Man," "Tiny Dancer"
Politician: Donald Trump
5. Neil Young
Song: "Rockin' in the Free World"
Politician: Donald Trump
6. R.E.M.
Song: "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
Politician: Donald Trump
7. The Rolling Stones
Song: "You Can't Always Get What You Want," "Sympathy for the Devil," "Brown Sugar"
Politician: Donald Trump
8. Twisted Sister
Song: "We're Not Gonna Take It"
Politician: Paul Ryan, Donald Trump

SOURCE: USA TODAY: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2018/07/16/35-musicians-who-famously-told-politicians-dont-use-my-song/784121002/

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