Tom Petty Family Members Unite to Denounce Trump for Using ‘I Won’t Back Down’ at Rally

Variety ^ | 6-20-2020 | Chris Willman

[raccoonradio]

Four of Tom Petty's family members came together Saturday night to quickly release a statement blasting the president for using the rocker’s “I Won’t Back Down” at his Tulsa campaign rally, saying Petty “would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate. He liked to bring people together.”

The statement said that Donald Trump “was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind. Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind.”

The declaration was signed by Adria and Annakim Petty, his two daughters, as well as both Dana Petty, his wife at the time of his death in 2017, and Jane Petty, his former wife. They end the note by saying they will be filing a cease-and-desist order against the campaign.

[raccoonradio]

As Daily Mail article says they can be
stopped from running it in a campaign ad.
For a rally as long as they pay the music
license fee they can play what they want.

Maybe if Trump campaign puts up replays
of the rally they can mute the song IF
the music publisher objects to it. “Your
video contains content that belongs to
somebody else and has been muted”
Millions watched the rally last night, live.
A lot of people heard the song.

[drSteve78]

Same here, several concerts, his music is local to me in Florida (GNV), and good use and getting paid for. Tom’s first cousin, Sadie Darnell is Alachua County Sheriff, up for re-election. Good and honest, even with a D after her name ( It IS a college town). So, “...Don’t Do Me Like That!!”