Twitter removed a campaign ad after they received a copyright claim from a band called LinkinPark.
Campaigns use popular music all the time, and no one asks for the ads to be taken down, but this is a Republican president and he’s fair game.
It would be a shame if you retweeted the tweet below a hundred times a person.
The ad is an excellent and powerful law & order ad. It’s American. That’s really why it had to come down.
THE DELETED TWEET
https://twitter.com/stickygrinder/status/1284673381992890368?s=21
That one was taken down, but here’s another copy [we haven’t seen any proof that the President took the song without going through the process]:
Since Twitter can’t provide proof that linkin park or their lawyers made a formal complaint for copyright infringement &until it’s provided for public to see-I will tweet this daily for @realDonaldTrump &I encourage all to RT RT RT RT!! pic.twitter.com/0bCOR0aCQI
— Que Anon (@QueAnon1) July 19, 2020
I would bet the Trump campaign paid royalties to use the song and but the rubber band members don’t like Trump so are making a false claim. If they put the music in the hands of ASCAP and somebody pays to use it, that’s the way it is whether the artist(s) like it or not. I remember when fans of… Read more »
ASCAP and BMI claim that if the original group or individual complain about someone using their song, the user has to remove it. I don’t know if that is true, but that is what ASCAP and BMI claim. Royalties do not matter according to ASCAP and BMI.