Rolling Stones Told Trump Quit Using Our Song Back in May. It's playing now after Trump's speech:

[Hissyspit]

What an asshole move, if nothing about request by them changed.

http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-36210829

The Rolling Stones have told Donald Trump to stop playing their songs during his presidential campaign.

The band have issued a statement saying that the US presidential candidate does not have permission to use the band's music.

"The Rolling Stones have never given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and have requested that they cease all use immediately."

The candidate has been playing their songs at his rallies for months.

Their 1969 hit You Can't Always Get What You Want has been a particular favourite.

It's playing now after Trump's speech.

From George Harrison's Estate's Facebook page:

The unauthorized use of #HereComestheSun at the #RNCinCLE is offensive & against the wishes of the George Harrison estate.

If it had been "Beware of Darkness" then we MAY have approved it!

#TrumpYourself

[awake]

1. looks like there might be a Huge lawsuit

[chillfactor]

2. I hope the...

Rolling Stones sue the crap out of the NRC.

[sarae]

5. YES

[former9thward]

18. There will be no suit.

The Rolling Stones do not own their music. They sold all their songs to ABKCO Records decades ago. Their protests are for PR only.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

3. K&R Queen also forbid Trump from using of their song, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD...

As for Trump, "Another One Bites the Dust" seems to apply

[former9thward]

17. This is just PR

Queen can't refuse. The arena Trump was using has the licence to use the song. Queen can protest all day long and its meaningless.

[sarae]

4. What a dickhead.

He did it on purpose, I'm sure.

[Joe the Revelator]

6. Depends on who controls the rights. Trump has been very good in the past about paying for his music

The artist can kvetch, but if they've sold the rights, they don't really have a leg to stand on.

[Logical]

7. If trump paid ASCAP or BMI to play it I don't think the RS can stop it. Nt

[exboyfil]

8. Here is a Rolling Stones article about this

Basically by the time a court decision comes down, the election will be long over. The venue has the licensing rights to the song. The artist can complain, but it is a grey area.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-politicians-keep-using-songs-without-artists-permission-20150709

Technically speaking, copyright laws allow political candidates to use just about any song they want, as long as they're played at a stadium, arena or other venue that already has a public-performance license through a songwriters' association such as ASCAP or BMI. However, the law contains plenty of gray area. If a candidate refuses to stop using a song in this scenario, an artist may be able to protect his "right of publicity" – Springsteen's voice blaring over a loudspeaker is part of his image, and he has a right to protect his own image. "It's untested in the political realm," says Lawrence Iser, an intellectual-property lawyer who has represented the Beatles, Michael Jackson and many others. "Even if Donald Trump has the ASCAP right to use a Neil Young song, does Neil have the right to nevertheless go after him on right of publicity? I say he does."

[Hissyspit]

10. I know all that.

It's an asshole thing to do.

[Ex Lurker]

15. Limbaugh has used a Pretenders song as his intro music for years

nt

[exboyfil]

16. Some background on Pretenders song

This is not the first time Limbaugh’s use of music has gotten him in trouble. In 1999, Chrissie Hynde complained about his use of the Pretenders hit, ‘My City Was Gone’ as his theme song. However, Hynde allowed Limbaugh to play the song in exchange for a $100,000 donation to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and vocal support against chemical testing on animals.

Read More: Rush Becomes Second Musical Act To Demand That Rush Limbaugh Stops Using Their Music | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rush-rush-limbaugh/?trackback=tsmclip

[davidn3600]

9. Anyone in the know explain copyright law on this?

If they play a song at a political convention, how is it any different than a song being played during a break in a football game?

Say you have a band who hates the Steelers, can that band forbid their music from being played at Heitz Field? I don't think they can. I think such things are controlled by the record labels, correct?

[citood]

11. Post No. 8 has a good explanation.

I think if a candidate makes a song part of his or her 'brand', an artist may have a case....like Palin and Barricuda.

[Hissyspit]

12. Again, the issue is really that doing this is what an asshole does.

[Eleanors38]

14. So, tRump is an asshole. His supporters revel in it.

[Scurrilous]

13. K & R

[Mc Mike]

19. Good to know. Figures. rec, nt.

[TexasBushwhacker]

20. They were playing Honky Tonk Women in the afternoon

Don't his people screen the lyrics?

[47of74]

21. Why doesn't Trump ask Pants Shit Fever or one of the other reich wing "artists" to play there...

....instead of stealing stuff?

[StraightRazor]

22. I heard that being played after his gruesome speech and thought...

how apropos that 'You can always get what you want' is what they were playing, 'cause they sure as shit ain't gettin' what they want this year or for the foreseeable future.

I actually thought it was a joke being played on them by the A/V people in Cleveland.