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R.E.M. asks Twitter to remove (hilarious) SOTU video tweeted by Trump over use of the band's song
CNBC ^ | 2/15/2019 | Kevin Breuninger

Posted on 02/15/2019 7:11:28 PM PST by Drew68

Edited on 02/15/2019 7:43:46 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

The publisher of rock band R.E.M.'s music asked Twitter to remove a satirical video clip containing one of the band's songs that President Donald Trump's account tweeted Friday, CNBC has learned.

A lawyer for Universal Music Publishing Group reached out to the president's preferred social media platform asking that the video be removed, said a source familiar with the situation, who asked to remain anonymous.


(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carpedonktum; rem; trump; trumpsotu
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To: bigbob

See it on Hot Air

https://hotair.com/archives/2019/02/15/trump-posts-sotu-video-mocking-exasperated-dems/


21 posted on 02/15/2019 7:56:27 PM PST by entropy12 (Legal immigrants under chain migration not any better than illegal immigrants! Merit ONLY!!)
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To: Drew68

That is funny.

The junior Senator from Utah (his name escapes me) looked like he had had a drink or two.


22 posted on 02/15/2019 8:01:43 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

You mean Romney?


23 posted on 02/15/2019 8:03:01 PM PST by Stayingawayfromthedarkside (Look, is it America that I see again?)
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To: Stayingawayfromthedarkside

Yeah, now that you mention it, that is his name.


24 posted on 02/15/2019 8:03:34 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: AzNASCARfan

bkmk


25 posted on 02/15/2019 8:15:50 PM PST by sauropod (Yield to sin, and experience chastening and sorrow; yield to God, and experience joy and blessing.)
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To: Drew68

Well can you blame them? Looks like Stipe was radicalized by ISIS.

26 posted on 02/15/2019 8:22:16 PM PST by Bommer (Help 2ndDivisionVet - https://www.gofundme.com/mvc.php?route=category&term=married-recent-amputecan')
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To: Drew68

So long as ASCAP or BMI gets paid, what do they care? Do they have any say in this matter?

I expect them to get butthurt, so what.


27 posted on 02/15/2019 8:27:09 PM PST by Freedom4US
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To: Drew68

It was a riot.


28 posted on 02/15/2019 8:28:56 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Drew68

Every cow farts..


29 posted on 02/15/2019 8:33:17 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Drew68

They already took it down.


30 posted on 02/15/2019 8:39:36 PM PST by monkeyshine
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To: monkeyshine; Drew68
That didn't take long...


31 posted on 02/15/2019 8:54:27 PM PST by Electric Graffiti (Cocked, locked and ready to ROCK!)
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To: Drew68

bump for later


32 posted on 02/15/2019 9:09:08 PM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: Drew68

fair use and parofy.

no licensing costs.


33 posted on 02/15/2019 9:10:11 PM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: Bommer

Yeah, he always was a whiny little sodomite! Liked their early stuff ‘til stipes became downright annoying


34 posted on 02/15/2019 9:33:25 PM PST by snuffy smiff (Build the Wall and build it tall, then build a gallows and hang them ALL!)
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To: Drew68

They removed this one.


35 posted on 02/15/2019 9:40:33 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: AzNASCARfan

THANK YOU!!! and as long as ASCAP was paid, screw-em!!!


36 posted on 02/15/2019 9:49:58 PM PST by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: Chode; All

Rear Entry Men.
Got a kick out of the time when the late Harold Camping’s radio stations were sold off.He had predicted rolling earthquakes and the Rapture...more than once. One company bought his Philly station and changed it to talk shows like Rush.

Just before that started, they ran a loop of REM’s “The End of the World”. “That’s great it starts with an earthquake...”


37 posted on 02/15/2019 11:01:07 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: monkeyshine

The youtube link works though


38 posted on 02/15/2019 11:01:58 PM PST by raccoonradio
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To: Chode
looks like REM got Twatter to delete the CarpeDonktum video
39 posted on 02/15/2019 11:21:53 PM PST by Trump_the_Evil_Left (FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
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To: entropy12

it’s gone!!!


40 posted on 02/15/2019 11:23:36 PM PST by Trump_the_Evil_Left (FReeper formerly known as Enchante (registered Sept. 5, 2001), back from the wild....)
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