Pharrell Williams sends Trump cease-and-desist for playing 'Happy' at rally

[Tony Stark]

As every legal analyst noted -- Trump has every legal right to play Steven Tyler's song at the event held in the venue.

As the license companies noted,they can pull the license


Following a similar letter stating, “Trump for President needs our client’s express written permission in order to use his music” and that the campaign “was violating Mr. Tyler’s copyright,” BMI drove the point home and pulled the public performance rights for the song. Public performance rights for “Livin’ on the Edge” are administered by ASCAP..

 

[Tony Stark]

To my knowledge there was no court action barring Trump from using the music.

Because Trump stopped using it after Tylers laywers demanded he stopped using it.

 

[gwb-trading]

As the license companies noted,they can pull the license


Following a similar letter stating, “Trump for President needs our client’s express written permission in order to use his music” and that the campaign “was violating Mr. Tyler’s copyright,” BMI drove the point home and pulled the public performance rights for the song. Public performance rights for “Livin’ on the Edge” are administered by ASCAP..

That's the claim from Tyler's camp.... when people looked into this the facts did not bear it out.

 

[Tony Stark]

But the fact is Trump chose to stop using the music. .

After Tylers lawyers demanded he stop using the music.

 

[Tony Stark]

That's the claim from Tyler's camp.... when people looked into this the facts did not bear it out.

Thats the claim from the license holders as well.You know this,this is from a link you posted.This is from the other of the 2 big licence companies

 

[Wallet]

After Tylers lawyers demanded he stop using the music.

What you're saying is technically correct but your parsing words. Trump did stop after Tyler's Lawyer's letter. But what you fail to either comprehend or acknowledge is Tyler's Lawyer's letter had no legal basis for stopping Trump, it was just an empty threat.

 

[Tony Stark]

But what you fail to either comprehend or acknowledge is Tyler's Lawyer's letter had no legal basis for stopping Trump

 

[Tony Stark]

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This is in addition to the fact the license can be pulled and in Tyers case the license was in fact pulled.

 

[vanzandt]

It is not meaningless.

Yes it is. He's 100% right. Ask Mick.

♫....."You can't always get whatcha want..." ♫

He's much loved now anyway.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/trump-signs-music-modernization-act-736185/
MAGA

 

[Slartibartfast]

Yes it is. He's 100% right. Ask Mick.

♫....."You can't always get whatcha want..." ♫

Then everything is meaningless. How liberating. After the death of his wife a man named Dzhugashvili decided exactly that it is said.

I know you have to google that so I'll save you the effort, he then became known as Stalin. When everything is meaningless you can do anything! MAGA.

As an alleged songwriter maestro I would have expected you to see how the musician would see it as a personal insult with Trump debasing his work playing it as his Nurnberg rallies.

Pharrell is making a personal statement, that is all.

Yes it is. He's 100% right. Ask Mick.

♫....."You can't always get whatcha want..." ♫