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Donald Trump has an additional legal action on his hands, this time around from the estate ofIsaac Hayes
Lawyers for Isaac Hayes Enterprises submitted a notification of copyright violation, mentioning that the late musician’s track “Hold On, I’m Coming” was made use of on “multiple occasions during various political rallies,” without consent.
The documents, dated Monday,Aug 11, determines 134 matters copyright violation at project rallies from 2022-2024.
“We demand the cessation of use, removal of all related videos, a public disclaimer, and payment of $3 million in licensing fees by August 16, 2024. Failure to comply will result in further legal action,” checks out a declaration uploaded on Hayes’ child, Isaac Hayes III.
However, offered no option, the documents checks out, that lawsuit might include “federal litigation.”
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Trump governmental candidate, has actually been below prior to. Republican of top musicians and songwriters have actually challenged his project’s use their tunes at political rallies considering that he initially competed head of state in 2015– amongst them Scores, The Rolling Stones, Adele, Rihanna O’Sinead’s estate and Connor’sAerosmith Steven Tyler as just recently as
Yet 31, in July, Harrisburg., Pa has actually been utilizing Trump to shut his rallies– motivating this lawsuit.
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“It is most unfortunate that these artists have publicly posted on their social media and asked Team Trump and other candidates not to use their music — and yet their candidates keep using their music,” James., a lawyer for Walker Jr, formerly specified.Hayes Enterprises,
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