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by
David
Becker/Getty
Images)
If
you’ve
been
to
a
Trump
rally,
how’s
Foley
&
Lardner
treating
you?
Everyone
else
has
heard
their
snippits
of
talking
points
and
applause
from
a
rally
recording,
but
that
might
be
all
you’ll
hear
there
soon
enough.
Many
musicians
and
their
estates
have
issues
cease
and
desist
letters
or
lawsuits
over
their
music
being
played
for
Donald
Trump’s
campaign
trail.
The
most
recent
loss
was
dealt
by
Eddie
Grant.
The
Guardian
has
coverage:
Donald
Trump
has
lost
a
legal
battle
with
the
singer
Eddy
Grant
over
using
his
1983
song
Electric
Avenue
in
a
2020
ad
without
permission.The
40-second
clip
–
an
animation
of
Joe
Biden
travelling
in
a
railroad
cart
while
a
Trump-Pence
campaign
train
passes
at
high
speed
–
was
viewed
more
than
13.7m
times
on
before
it
was
removed,
according
to
Grant’s
lawsuit…In
a
Manhattan
court,
a
federal
judge
ruled
that
Trump
breached
Grant’s
copyright
and
is
liable
for
damages
and
Grant’s
legal
fees.
One
of
Grant’s
lawyers,
Brett
Van
Benthysen,
shared
that
they
got
“100%”
of
what
they
were
looking
for
from
the
lawsuit.
We’ve
never
been
big
on
playlists
but
this
sheer
number
of
musical
Ls
is
worth
celebrating.
What
better
way
to
commemorate
Trump’s
list
of
musical
woes
than
by
creating
a
playlist!
Hat
tip
to
Benjamin
Leatherman‘s
thorough
rundown
of
songs
on
the
no-no
list.
This
is
by
no
means
a
complete
list
for
two
reasons.
The
first
is
that
the
list
will
likely
grow
over
the
next
few
months
of
campaigning.
The
second
is
that
several
artists
have
issued
wholesale
prohibitions
on
Trump
playing
any
of
their
songs.
Here
are
a
few
examples:
For
what
it’s
worth,
Trump
and
his
campaign
buddies
have
great
taste
in
music.
If
only
the
musicians
liked
him
back.
🙁
Donald
Trump
Loses
Legal
Fight
Over
Using
Eddy
Grant
Song
Without
Permission
[The
Guardian]
Here’s
Every
Musician
With
A
Beef
Or
Lawsuit
Against
Donald
Trump
[Phoenix
New
Times]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.