www.rollingstone.com: In 2020, Donald Trump shared a campaign video on Twitter that utilized Eddy Grant‘s 1982 hit “Electric Avenue.” Shortly after, the musician filed a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement. Developments on the suit moved slowly, but the case has now been discontinued two months after it was ruled that Trump did, in fact, infringe on Grant’s copyright.
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It is great to see a case of a wrongful use of an artist’s copyrighted work succeed against a political party, especially Trump’s candidacy. Dragging an artist who does not agree with your views into a politician’s race defames the artist. The use of the song without the explicit consent of the artist shows how the rich and specifically Donald Trump think they are higher than the law and think that they can wriggle out of the consequences of their actions. They think that they can pay the smaller legal fees to get out of their crimes instead of facing the whole of what they should face. Thankfully in this instance the whole settlement, whatever that may be, was agreed upon by both sides to close out this case. Instead of the parking ticket, they are getting their car towed. Hopefully the musician will receive the money that is due to them.
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