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Swedish pop superstars Abba have complained after their hits like The Winner Takes it All had been performed at one in all Donald Trump’s presidential marketing campaign rallies.
The group’s songs and movies, additionally together with Money, Money, Money and Dancing Queen, had been additionally performed on the occasion in Minnesota in July, in accordance with Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet.
In an announcement to the Reuters information company, the band’s file label Universal Music stated: “Together with the members of Abba, we now have found that movies have been launched the place Abba’s music has been used at Trump occasions, and we now have subsequently requested that such use be instantly eliminated and brought down.”
The label stated no permission or licence had been granted to Mr Trump’s marketing campaign.
Abba are the newest in an extended checklist of artists or their estates who’ve objected to Mr Trump utilizing their music to advertise his presidential marketing campaign.
This week, Foo Fighters took to social media to say they hadn’t granted permission for My Hero for use at a Trump rally. The Trump marketing campaign stated they’d permission to make use of the music, in accordance with The Independent.
A spokesperson for the band instructed the publication that any royalties obtained from the Trump marketing campaign utilizing the music could be donated to Kamala Harris’s marketing campaign.
Last month, Celine Dion‘s staff condemned the “unauthorised” use of a clip of My Heart Will Go On, and the household of late soul singer Isaac Hayes ordered Mr Trump to cease enjoying Hold On, I’m Coming and demanded $3m (£2.4m) in licensing charges.
In March, the property of Sinéad O’Connor demanded he cease enjoying Nothing Compares 2 U, saying she would have been “disgusted, harm, and insulted”.
Previously, Adele, REM and the Rolling Stones are among the many large names who’ve demanded he does not use their songs.
However, musicians have solely had restricted success in stopping politicians from utilizing their music.
In the US, campaigns are required to acquire a Political Entities Licence from music rights physique BMI, which provides them entry to greater than 20 million tracks to be used of their rallies.
Artists and publishers can ask for his or her music to be withdrawn from the checklist, however evidently organisers not often examine the database to make sure they’ve clearance.
