{"id":2469,"date":"2024-09-03T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/isaac-hayes-estate-wins-court-order-against-trump-over-song-at-rallies\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T18:13:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T18:13:57","slug":"isaac-hayes-estate-wins-court-order-against-trump-over-song-at-rallies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/isaac-hayes-estate-wins-court-order-against-trump-over-song-at-rallies\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Hayes Estate Wins Court Order Against Trump Over Song at Rallies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tSiding with the estate of Isaac Hayes, a federal judge has issued a temporary order prohibiting former President Donald Trump<\/strong> and his campaign from playing the singer\u2019s \u201cHold On, I\u2019m Coming\u201d at rallies.<\/p>\n

\n\tWeeks after Hayes\u2019 heirs accused Trump of using the song without a license, Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. <\/strong>granted the estate a preliminary injunction on Tuesday (Sep. 3): \u201cI do order Trump and his campaign to not use the song without proper license,\u201d the judge said at a hearing, as reported by CNN<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe judge\u2019s order bars the campaign from continuing to publicly perform the song at future rallies while the case plays out, according to CNN<\/em>, but the judge denied a request for a more expansive order that would have forced the campaign to pull down videos of rallies in which the song can be heard.<\/p>\n

\n\tAn attorney for the Hayes estate did not immediately return a request for comment. An attorney for Trump confirmed that the order was issued, though he stressed that the campaign had already agreed to stop using the song at rallies.<\/p>\n

\n\tHayes\u2019 estate sued Trump last month, accusing the campaign of using \u201cHold On\u201d at rallies and in video recordings of those events. Hayes co-wrote the 1966 song, which was performed and released by the duo Sam & Dave.<\/p>\n

\n\tEvery four years, artists complain about the use of their music by politicians \u2014 often with mixed results. But the 2024 campaign season has seen a particular outburst of gripes about music used by Trump. Beyonc\u00e9, Celine Dion, the Foo Fighters, Jack White, ABBA and Sinead O\u2019Connor\u2018s estate have all spoken out against the former president\u2019s use of their songs \u2014 some merely with social media posts and others with cease-and-desist letters from their lawyers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Hayes estate went a step further, filing a federal lawsuit on Aug. 16 against Trump, his campaign, the Republican National Committee and others. The case accused the campaign of infringing copyrights, but also of violating federal trademark law \u2014 essentially claiming that the campaign\u2019s use of the song made it appear that Hayes or his heirs had endorsed Trump\u2019s bid to return to the White House.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe campaign has claimed that its use of Hayes\u2019 song was covered by a so-called blanket license it purchased from BMI, which grants political campaigns the legal right to perform millions of different copyrighted songs at rallies. But the Hayes estate says it withdrew the song from that catalog in June \u2014 and that the Trump campaign was notified of the change in writing. It\u2019s also unclear if such a license would cover the use of the song in video recordings of the rallies.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe flurry of complaints against Trump is nothing new. In past election cycles, the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Adele, Rihanna, Aerosmith, Guns N\u2019 Roses, Linkin Park, and the estates of Prince and Tom Petty have all asked the Republican candidate to stop using their music.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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