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Neil Young: Donald Trump 'not authorized' to rock in the free world
LA Times ^ | 06/16/2015 | Randy Lewis

Posted on 06/16/2015 4:08:26 PM PDT by GIdget2004

Billionaire Donald Trump, a Republican, announced his bid for the presidency with Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” blasting in the background, and once again a political candidate has associated himself with a rock star without the endorsement of said star.

“Donald Trump was not authorized to use ‘Rockin' in the Free World’ in his presidential candidacy announcement,” Young, 69, told the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday through his longtime manager, Elliot Roberts. “Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, is a supporter of Bernie Sanders for president of the United States of America,” referring to the U.S. senator from Vermont who is vying for the Democratic nomination in 2016.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; campaignsongs; canadiandooshbag; hollywoodreds; music; neilyoung; songs; trump2016
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To: GIdget2004

See “public performance license”


61 posted on 06/16/2015 5:09:20 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: GIdget2004

Time for Neil Young to fade away


62 posted on 06/16/2015 5:12:56 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: GIdget2004

Trump could and should have a tune with lyrics written as a LOGO for his new candidacy..
He can afford it..deals with creative people.. it should not be hard..


63 posted on 06/16/2015 5:14:14 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: nickcarraway

“Isn’t he supposed to be coming out with a new high quality audio system?”

Yeah, and last I heard, it was completely panned! What can you expect from a burnt-out has-been who converts a Lincoln Continental to an electric car, and starts a fire in his warehouse. Ya know, I liked his work with Buffalo Springfield, but lost interest after that.


64 posted on 06/16/2015 5:29:14 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: GIdget2004

At 69, Neil is no longer Young. He is simply an old man who is stoned all the time, takes himself seriously, and therefore is unintentionally funny.


65 posted on 06/16/2015 5:30:15 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: ETL

Also didn’t he abandon his special need child in Canada?


66 posted on 06/16/2015 5:30:19 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: GIdget2004
This Note's For You

Don't want no cash
Don't need no money
Ain't got no stash
This note's for you.

Ain't singin' for Pepsi
Ain't singin' for Coke
I don't sing for nobody
Makes me look like a joke
This note's for you.

Ain't singin' for Miller
Don't sing for Bud
I won't sing for politicians
Ain't singin' for Spuds
This note's for you.

Don't need no cash
Don't want no money
Ain't got no stash
This note's for you.

I've got the real thing
I got the real thing, baby
I got the real thing
Yeah, alright.

67 posted on 06/16/2015 5:38:00 PM PDT by TigersEye (If You Are Ignorant, Don't Vote!)
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To: justlurking

Assuming it is licensed by them that is correct (not everyone uses them). And the fee is based on #plays so not always “all you want”. I dead (and the source may have been wrong) that no fee was paid, so that’s the best info I have atm.


68 posted on 06/16/2015 5:41:35 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: trad_anglican

yup..he made his money, so shut the f up Neil.


69 posted on 06/16/2015 5:46:58 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Bush won the War in Iraq, Obozo lost the peace..and gave Iraq back to the Terrorists!)
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To: GIdget2004

For those of you who are interested (I was), here is a link to the ASCAP guidelines. This wasn’t my area of expertise by any means (I was a Prosecutor). But it is apparent that it is much more complex than “get a license from ASCAP”. You may also need the artists and labels permission.

Anyway, just purely from a “oh isn’t that interesting” thing I post this link:

http://www.ascap.com/~/media/files/pdf/advocacy-legislation/political_campaign.pdf


70 posted on 06/16/2015 5:55:56 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: RIghtwardHo

Neil young was and is still Canadian, and he is not authorized by me, a US citizen, to endorse any candidate for a US office.

Particularly not an old left-wingnut.


71 posted on 06/16/2015 5:58:35 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Oh I totally agree. And he is indeed wing-nutty. I jut find the legal issue interesting is all.


72 posted on 06/16/2015 6:01:38 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Here is a great song conservatives can use:

Born Free - Kid Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0298yfQ5B0


73 posted on 06/16/2015 6:05:21 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: sheikdetailfeather

Dave Mason is another conservative if anyone wants to use his songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n3f8NeUm-k


74 posted on 06/16/2015 6:09:45 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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To: GIdget2004

Won’t he have to pay Young for use of his song?


75 posted on 06/16/2015 6:11:33 PM PDT by Theodore R. (Liberals keep winning; so the American people must now be all-liberal all the time.)
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To: RIghtwardHo

It wasn’t an advertisement. There was no money to pay beyond basic ASCAP/BMI.

How can Young deny him right to use when t-shirt printers cannot refuse to print “gay pride” propaganda?


76 posted on 06/16/2015 6:35:54 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: ETL
Neil Young hasn't been in headlines in awhile. For a green energy guy, he was awfully silent about Iran building nuclear power plants.

(2011 in protest of Japan's nuclear energy)

(1979's protest of the US's nuclear power plants)

77 posted on 06/16/2015 6:46:48 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: Theodore R.

These commies send out cease and desist notices. It isn’t about revenue, they deny usage outright.


78 posted on 06/16/2015 6:47:51 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: a fool in paradise

His name isn’t on either of those posters.


79 posted on 06/16/2015 6:49:26 PM PDT by TigersEye (If You Are Ignorant, Don't Vote!)
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To: nickcarraway
Isn’t he supposed to be coming out with a new high quality audio system?

The convenience the teen set demanded for their cars.

80 posted on 06/16/2015 6:53:33 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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