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

[vanzandt]

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 Nurrmberg rallies.

Pharrell is making a personal statement, that is all.

You missed my "edit". I had to throw in The Music Modernization Act.
Williams just doubled his monthly income due to MAGA.
Probably tripled.
ASCAP loves it too btw.

And "edit II".... I didn't comment one way or the other on what the artist "feels"... I merely stated that GWB was correct in what he wrote.

 

[Slartibartfast]

You missed my "edit". I had to throw in The Music Modernization Act.
Williams just doubled his monthly income due to MAGA.
Probably tripled.
ASCAP loves it too btw.

And "edit II".... I didn't comment one way or the other on what the artist "feels"... I merely stated that GWB was correct in what he wrote.

It is not about money for the already very rich all of the time, though I really can't expect you to understand that wearing Republican glasses.

What kind of thing is it to suggest that a music artist should be silent as he is getting paid more though an industry lobby?

In your PM you explained your economic level and lets keep that private but.. a few bucks might buy your principles pretty easy. An actually talented man worth $150 million already like Pharrell? Please.

GWB is NOT correct. It does mean something to me, it means something to a lot of people.

GWB is a moron and agreeing with a moron of his stupendous gawp makes you look bad.

 

[gwb-trading]

It is not about money for the already very rich all of the time, though I really can't expect you to understand that wearing Republican glasses.

What kind of thing is it to suggest that a music artist should be silent as he is getting paid more though an industry lobby?

In your PM you explained your economic level and lets keep that private but.. a few bucks might buy your principles pretty easy. An actually talented man worth $150 million already like Pharrell? Please.

GWB is NOT correct. It does mean something to me, it means something to a lot of people.

GWB is a moron and agreeing with a moron of his stupendous gawp makes you look bad.

Yet you remain entirely ignorant on how music licensing laws for venues works. Artists do not get to pick and choose which events at the venue their music can be played at. The licensed music is available for all events held at the venue without exception. A music rights company declaring a licensed song cannot be played for a particular event is a serious violation of the licensing agreement that the music licensing rights provider would lose in court.

These cease and desist letters from artists hold no legal weight. They are nothing more than publicity stunts with no legal enforcement teeth.

I grant that Tyler and Pharrell may very well strongly disagree with Trump’s opinions and from a personal perspective may be hoping that raising a fuss will stop their music from being used. But this is publicity campaign not a legally enforceable action.

 

[Tony Stark]

Yet you remain entirely ignorant on how music licensing laws for venues works. Artists do not get to pick and choose which events at the venue their music can be played at. The licensed music is available for all events held at the venue without exception. A music rights company declaring a licensed song cannot be played for a particular event is a serious violation of the licensing agreement that the music licensing rights provider would lose in court.

These cease and desist letters from artists hold no legal weight. They are nothing more than publicity stunts with no legal enforcement teeth.

I grant that Tyler and Pharrell may very well strongly disagree with Trump’s opinions and from a personal perspective may be hoping that raising a fuss will stop their music from being used. But this is publicity campaign not a legally enforceable action.

GWB pulling facts out of his ass again.

 

[gwb-trading]

GWB pulling facts out of his ass again.

As usual your self-imposed ignorance of facts and reality is appalling. Enjoy your left-wing fact-free universe driven by identity politics and who’s offended this week narrative. Sadly for you none of this has a place in solving problems in the real world.

 

[LacesOut]

GWB pulling facts out of his ass again.

Yup. Those are facts.
Doesn’t matter where they come from.

The bullshit you are spouting is likely coming from your vagina.

 

[Tony Stark]

As usual your self-imposed ignorance of facts and reality is appalling. Enjoy your left-wing fact-free universe driven by identity politics and who’s offended this week narrative. Sadly for you none of this has a place in solving problems in the real world.

You making up shit and pulling facts out of your ass,as usual.

 

[Slartibartfast]

You making up shit and pulling facts out of your ass,as usual.

We should just start a trading group and post profits or points

In Dell back in the 90s we used to say "If your so smart why ain'tcha rich?" as a joke as most were rich but just from being there and getting stock. I started too late to make real money then. But the righties believe that money=brains so..

It would be so funny to picture them scream fake, can't be real at a bunch of us.

The left guys could work well together (won't but could) and the right would not trust each other for a moment.

Imagine meeting KKK and Treefrog even on Skype..Jesus.

 

[wjk]

..."What to do if a campaign uses your music and you’re not okay with it.

How much recourse you have over unwanted use of your music can vary widely based on how your music is used and where.

Campaign Rallies & Events

Anytime a campaign plays a song at a rally, they must ensure that they have a public performance license covering the composition’s use. Most major public venues such as convention centers and arenas typically purchase blanket licenses from performance rights organizations or PROS (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) allowing campaigns to “publicly perform” any song in their repertoire, which includes the vast majority of compositions. However, these licenses may not cover all uses, so most national campaigns also purchase their own blanket licenses covering all campaign events; an additional benefit is that if they have a whistlestop event on the campaign trail at a factory or in a park and they throw a playlist on the P.A., they’d still be covered.


"If the campaign hasn’t obtained such a license, you can contact them and demand they stop using your work. If, however, the campaign has indeed obtained a blanket license to play the music, you probably don’t have legal grounds to stop them from playing the music or a legal basis for a cease & desist order based on copyright infringement. But there are some potential non-copyright legal claims that a performing artist could level at a campaign. As ASCAP notes, “While the campaign would be in compliance with copyright law, it could potentially be in violation of other laws...”

https://futureofmusic.org/article/fact-sheet/political-campaigns-and-music-licensing

 

[Tony Stark]

http://www.tmz.com/2018/11/05/rihan...er-president-trump-rally-dont-stop-the-music/


Rihanna to Trump Please DO Stop the Music at Rallies ... If it's Mine, Anyway!!!

Rihanna ain't waiting for Election Day ... she's made it clear where she stands on President Trump by sending him a legal warning about using her music at his political rallies.

RiRi's lawyers fired off the cease and desist letter to Trump's legal team after he played "Don't Stop the Music" at his Sunday rally in Chattanooga, TN. According to the letter, POTUS has used Rihanna tunes "in connection with a number of political events held across the United States."



The letter, first posted by Rolling Stone, goes one to warn Rihanna has not given Trump consent to use any of her music, so using it "is therefore improper." Translation: Do it again and we'll sue your ass.

A Washington Post reporter tweeted at Rihanna Sunday after seeing the Trump rally. She replied, "Me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies."

This has gotta be a game to Trump, at this point -- he's gotten the same warning from Pharrell Williams, the Prince estate, Steven Tyler and several other artists.

So, playing RiRi's music, when everyone knows how much she loves Obama ... just seems intentional.