The White Stripes sued former President Donald Trump on Monday in a case that alleges he used their hit tune “Seven Nation Army” with out permission in a video posted to social media.
The band has accused Trump and his presidential marketing campaign of copyright infringement for enjoying the tune’s iconic opening riff over a video of Trump boarding a airplane for marketing campaign stops in Michigan and Wisconsin final month.
The Trump marketing campaign didn’t instantly return an emailed request for remark.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court docket in Manhattan, mentioned the band was additionally objecting to Trump’s use of the tune as a result of members Jack White and Meg White “vehemently oppose the policies adopted and actions taken by Defendant Trump when he was President and those he has proposed for the second term he seeks.”
A number of distinguished musicians have beforehand criticized Trump for utilizing their songs at rallies. Final week, a federal decide in Atlanta dominated that Trump and his marketing campaign should cease utilizing the tune “Hold On, I’m Coming” after a lawsuit from the property of Isaac Hayes Jr.
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