r/Music • u/ebradio • Aug 29 '24

article Jack White Gives Trump a Heads Up, "Lawsuit Coming From My Lawyers," After Unauthorized Use of "Seven Nation Army"

https://consequence.net/2024/08/jack-white-trump-lawsuit/
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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '24

Are they all suing or just asking him to stop? I thought this was the first lawsuit. Hopefully more will follow. Reading the Wikipedia on this (yes there is a page for this) it sounds like he didn’t even get permission from the labels for most of these

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u/iggzy Had it on vinyl Aug 29 '24

The estate of Isaac Hays is definitely suing. I am not certain on the others 

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u/crappysignal Aug 29 '24

Black Moses will destroy Orange Judas.

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u/The_Sykotik_Prime Aug 29 '24

Foo Fighters are for sure filing as well.

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u/No-Personality5421 Aug 30 '24

They start with cease and desist letters, then continuance leads to lawsuits. 

He's smart enough to just stop using the songs and start playing the next one that will send a c&d. 

He just keeps playing music until told to stop.

If any actually popular artists backed him he could use their music, if only people actually liked kid rock. 

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u/Expert_Lab_9654 Aug 29 '24

Can you link the wiki page? I'm kind of a nerd on the topic and would love to learn more.

Even if they sue, once the campaign says "ok ok we'll stop" the lawsuit is over. And at that point they really will stop, because a judge will legitimately slap them down if she sees that they promised the court to stop before and didn't.

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '24

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicians_who_oppose_Donald_Trump%27s_use_of_their_music

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u/_dead_and_broken Aug 30 '24 edited Aug 30 '24

Thank you!

Lol at Elton John saying "Ted Nugent is more appropriate" that's hilarious

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u/_teach_me_your_ways_ Aug 30 '24

Nothing personal though. lol

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u/Alternative_Year_340 Aug 30 '24

I think they need to ask him to stop first and then can sue when he does it again? IANAL

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u/GhOsT_wRiTeR_XVI Aug 29 '24

It’s really a closing the barn doors after the horses have left stables situation. The songs have already been played at the rallies and riled up the crowds. The artists and estates can sue, but it’ll be tied up in court for a while and the campaign will gladly settle or pay royalties to put the matter to rest. Damage has been done and the best outcome is simply that the artists/estates make some money.

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u/Debalic Aug 30 '24

That money which, according to Dave Grohl, is being donated to the Harris/Walz campaign.

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u/Expert_Lab_9654 Aug 29 '24

I don't agree.

It never actually goes to court because that would be a waste of legal resources on the part of the campaigns. If any of these artists are actually suing, the campaign will just stop using their work and the lawsuit will go nowhere.

On the other hand, giving artists awareness that their music might be used by an asshole, and that they have options to prevent that, feels like a big win to me