Posted on 07/19/2016 3:34:39 PM PDT by conservative98
Sony/ATV Music Publishing — which administers Queen’s catalog including songs such as “We Are the Champion” — said a statement Tuesday they have repeatedly asked Trump not to use the “We Are the Champions,” which he played Monday during the first day of the Republican National Convention. Last month, Queen guitarist Brian May also wrote a blog post protesting the use of the song by the Trump campaign.
“Sony/ATV Music Publishing has never been asked by Mr. Trump, the Trump campaign or the Trump Organization for permission to use ‘We are the Champions’ by Queen. On behalf of the band, we are frustrated by the repeated unauthorized use of the song after a previous request to desist, which has obviously been ignored by Mr. Trump and his campaign,” the statement read.
Trump’s representative did not respond to questions about the Sony/ATV complaint Tuesday.
Queen also tweeted they were unhappy about Trump’s use of the song on Tuesday: “An unauthorised use at the Republican Convention against our wishes.”
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No leg to stand on.
Not at all true. Not even close. When an artist gives a cease and desist, your options are limited at best.
Don’t get me wrong though. This happens all the time.
Trump will stop using the music currently forbidden, Queen, Neil Young, Rolling Stones, etc and use music from another band without permission. They send a cease and desist and he moves on....
Common practice.
“It is work #1613181 and its composer, Freddie Mercury, is composer # 77406269.”
Ha, ha, ha.
Freddy Mercury is the composer. His heirs own the rights to the song, not May.
Brian May has no more right to this song, than my cat fluffy. Brian May has no more authority to tell someone to stop playing this song than my dog bingo.
Ha, ha, ha. May can squawk & complain all day, but that’s all he can do. His opinion carries ZERO legal weight.
I was thinking “Liar” is more appropriate.
We go through this same crap with lefties every four years. As long as Trump bought the CD or paid 99 cents to iTunes he can use the song without any further permission. It’s no different than having a backyard pool party and playing songs all afternoon for your guests. The only time it becomes an issue is if someone charges a fee to hear the music. In Trump’s case people are coming to the GOP convention and the music is ancillary to the event, they are not going to a ‘concert’.
Those poor poor lefty artists can’t nix him in advance huh.
Long ago I think I did read about some convoluted provision in the copyright code that required a complex notice process to stop what would otherwise be a permissible public performance. It was something that was nontrivial, it sounded like a phone call or email wasn’t nearly enough.
Queen? I hope it’s a girl group. Otherwise, it sounds sodomite.
I don’t know about anyone else but I think the music stinks at the convention. I’m of the generation that can’t and won’t even call it music... I guess anything less wouldn’t be acceptable to the crowd - but there ARE a lot of oldsters there like me!!!
Yeah, try that argument in court.
An amazing talent to be sure.
Oh, anything can be sued against in court hoping for any result at an appellate level.
Did he play the song? Then he thought he could.
Another liberal corporate geek heard from. Freddy Mercury’s dead. Queen is a corporation. Trump should play it every day from now on.
I’m thinking “Fat Bottomed Girls” for Hillary?
Then how come I never hear of them?
One of those bands whose songs are far more popular than it is itself. A victim of its own recording success.
In was hoping for “business” by eminem
Can I get a witness?
Brian May...You are an old shit...Freddie cornholed till death...You made a oak log guitar with your daddy....get over yourself....Queen is old, overproduced shit that you could never reproduce live.... Die your gray hair if it makes your stiffer peck up....enjoy your blessed life and leave well enough alone.When Freddie died, you should have shut the case on you guitar..... Paul Rogers was not suitable....but you ass raped Freddie for the 10000th time...Take your money and go look at the stars!
With the onset of social media, things have changed a bit. They can slap you with prohibitively high fines compounded with court proceedings. Especially if an event is charging a ticket price.
They have shut down Youtube channels in a moment’s notice and banned the user from posting due to it. It hurts when they are actually making a living doing this and a mistake is made.
But again, he will move on to other groups and make the same apology tomorrow. Standard practice.
Youtube is a snowflake.
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