Neil Young ends lawsuit against Donald Trump's campaign over use of his songs

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Neil Young ends lawsuit against Donald Trump's campaign over use of his songs

By Jonathan Stempel

 

FILE PHOTO: Canadian singer songwriter Neil Young accepts his award for Best Rock Song for "Angry World" at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California February 13, 2011. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Neil Young on Monday ended his lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign for playing of two of his songs at campaign rallies without permission.

 

Young had sued the campaign in August for copyright infringement over its alleged unlicensed playing of "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Devil's Sidewalk" numerous times at rallies and political events.

 

His lawyers said at the time that while voters could support the candidate of their choice, the now 75-year-old Young did not want his music "used as a 'theme song' for a divisive, un-American campaign of ignorance and hate."

 

Young's lawsuit in Manhattan federal court was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be brought again. It was not immediately clear if the case had been settled.

 

Lawyers for Young and the Trump campaign did not immediately respond to separate requests for comment.

 

It is common for musicians to oppose politicians' alleged unauthorized use or invocation of their music.

 

The British singer Eddy Grant is suing the Trump campaign over its use of his song "Electric Avenue" in a campaign video.

 

Born in Canada and now also a U.S. citizen, Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1995, and as part of Buffalo Springfield in 1997. He was also a member of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

 

He has said he began objecting to Trump's use of his songs in 2015, which were also played during the president's visit to Mount Rushmore on July 3.

 

The case is Young v Donald J. Trump for President Inc et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 20-06063.

 

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Bill Berkrot)

 

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[thaibeachlovers]

Made some great music, but lost this one. Trump wins again.

[teacherclaire]

20 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Made some great music, but lost this one. Trump wins again.

Trump didn't win and he knows that. Trump lies and uses other stuff without asking.

  

      Neil Young's songs at rallies of this idi_t is insane. It makes it look like Neil's a fan of Donald, which seems to be the biggest problem here.

 

Keep on rockin' into a free world without the liar. 

[Jeffr2]

4 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Made some great music, but lost this one. Trump wins again.

There might have been a payoff.  In that case, Trump is a loser.  Again.

[Emdog]

Do the morons in Republican party ever listen to the lyrics of the songs? They wanted to use "American Woman" to into Laura Bush at convention until someone actually did listen to the not so flattering view of American women...

Here's lyrics to Neil's tune

"There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try to forget it any way I can

Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
There's an old street light (near a garbage can)
Near a garbage can (near a garbage can)
And now she put the kid away and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life and what she's done to it
There's one more kid that'll never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool" etc

[teacherclaire]

2 hours ago, Emdog said:

Do the morons in Republican party ever listen to the lyrics of the songs? They wanted to use "American Woman" to into Laura Bush at convention until someone actually did listen to the not so flattering view of American women...

Here's lyrics to Neil's tune

"There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin' we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try to forget it any way I can

Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
There's an old street light (near a garbage can)
Near a garbage can (near a garbage can)
And now she put the kid away and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life and what she's done to it
There's one more kid that'll never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool" etc

"The Needle And The Damage Done." ( Fits for him, the damage was done at his birth.)

 

Neil Young - Needle And The Damage Done (Unplugged) - YouTube

[metisdead]

A post using offensive generalizations toward American people has been removed. 

[Lacessit]

I'm waiting for Trump to start using the Billy Joel song " An Innocent Man".

[charmonman]

17 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Made some great music, but lost this one. Trump wins again.

You didn’t read carefully enough. Young ended the lawsuit himself because the one who lost was Donald J(ackass) Trump for President. No point in continuing the lawsuit any longer.

[thaibeachlovers]

5 hours ago, charmonman said:

You didn’t read carefully enough. Young ended the lawsuit himself because the one who lost was Donald J(ackass) Trump for President. No point in continuing the lawsuit any longer.

I read it just fine.

From the OP.

It was not immediately clear if the case had been settled.

[thaibeachlovers]

18 hours ago, Emdog said:

Do the morons in Republican party ever listen to the lyrics of the songs?

IMO most people don't listen to the lyrics. There are hundreds of songs I like that I have no idea of the lyrics- they are just background music.

 

The Regan campaign wanted to use Born in the USA, and obviously didn't know what the lyrics meant.

I thought it was Bush that wanted to use it, so was surprised to see it was so old when I checked. That makes me feel ancient.

[Darkside Gray]

No liked the songs anyway!