The White Stripes Sue Trump

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[TeargasHorse]

There are at least 53 artists who have filed cease and desist suits against 45 to stop using their tunes!

[jadynpattison]

Remember, this isn’t the first time Trump’s campaign has used an artist’s song against the will of that artist. The O’Jay’s and Earth, Wind, & Fire both had issues with Trump wanting to/using their songs for his campaign in 2016.

[AnasatisTiMiniatis]

This has a "give me a reason to sue you. Please do." vibe.

[Dragonstar]

I don't get it. Why not just use the music from the musicians that like him? Did they forget who likes him? Like why not use Kid Rock or something.

[bloonstowerdefender]

Jack White has been very open about his opposition of Trump.

[possesed_beans]

Trump getting lawsuits left, right, and centre 💀

[JustAPasserby-ez]

The man truly has no concept of consent in any context, does he?

[BHisme]

At this point it would be quicker to list the artists that AREN'T suing Trump for royalties.

[sarmadhabibkhan]

Fair enough! If the rest of us have to deal with copyright laws then so should he

[Rikn]

I'll be honest, I got distracted by the synchronized diving and had to rewind. Simple dive, but the timing was still impressive.

[gabriellapietrakowski]

“To add to your 5 thousand others” that shade was crazy

[B_men_apo]

Has a copyright case about using a popular song on social media precedent because this could be very big if it’s the first. Everyone uses popular songs on social media.

[rorykeegan]

Does the Trump campaign ever bother to try and clear copyrighted music? This seems to happen every week.

[SyntheticFuture]

Pretty tone deaf of trump to think Jack would be on his side 😂

[mayankdhasmana]

Fun fact - White Stripes stole that riff from Antidote's I don't care.

[thefoxoflaurels]

Trump could only use music from people that like him but then the whole rally will sound like a bar where you can't keep your drink unattended.

[MissInformer]

That feeling when artists collectively decide that you are not a good representation of them or their music...

To the point you cant find artists to get licenses from and just end up taking the literal 50+ cases of copyright infringement on the chin because its cheaper than the damage to your reputation to admit no good artists will support your campaign or have their works associated with your stated beliefs.

[requiemforameme]

It’s also misleading. Trump would never coordinate and agree with six other countries.

[TraversalKnife]

i typically find music related lawsuits to be stupid.
the whole music copyright system has been so busted and archaic for years now

but im fully in support of this

[greeny]

I saw Alabama 3 a few years ago and they said they were trying to sue him as well for using one of their songs without paying.