Should Donald Trump Stop Using Adele's Music In His Rallies?

[sp1814]

The only other time I recall something like this happening was when Billy Bragg demanded that the BNP stop selling his music at their gatherings.

Once material is in 'the public domain', do artists have a right to it's use?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/adele-tells-donald-trump-you-dont-have-permission-to-use-my-music-a6846516.html

Or is Adele being precious?

FYI - I'm totally behind Adele here, but that's based more on my political leanings than anything else.

[retrocop]

I am sure Mr Trump couldn't give a trump. He is richer than Adele probably ten times over.She won't stand in his way despite her Diva protests.

[-Talbot-]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rem-slams-donald-trump-using-821609

[Mamyalynne]

I don't think the artists are being precious in announcing their displeasure at being associated with him at all, whether they have any legal rights I have no clue.

[ToraToraTora]

well as long as she gets a gregory I'd have thought there's not much she can do about it.

[douglas9401]

Yes he should

But there are many things he should do:

Apologise to Mexicans
Get a haircut
Sell his Scottish golf courses
Stop fantasising about his own daughter
Lose some weight
Be very afraid
Realise that everybody actually despises him and only stick around for the money
Wander about on an unlit road dressed in black. While drunk.

[Peter Pedant]

adele cant enforce this as far as I can see as it would be counter to the First Amendment on which I am NOT an expert

I think Billy Bragg has more of a point ( English law doesnt really give a toss about freedom of speech )

[jno]

Paul Weller was bewildered when Cameron said he liked Eton Rifles. Something like "Has he actually listened to it?"

[Old_Geezer]

Is it in the public domain ? I thought artistes held copyright and screwed the public for royalties forever more.

[humbersloop]

bit more

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/01/backing-bands-which-musicians-endorse-which-us-presidential-candidates

[youngmafbog]

No worse than a certain party using 'things can only get better' - and they got worse.

Personally I couldn't give a monkeys either way for any of them. Politicians are all shysters and 'most musicians are luvvies with an over inflated opinion of their self worth in society.

[DTCwordfan]

As long as they pay the royalties due......

[agchristie]

I SECOND that!

[ichkeria]

Of course he should stop. It's one thing him playing music at a party but doing what he is doing, as with REM, associates an unwilling artist with his toxic brand. I can't see that he had much to gain my defying the artist in question.
Find a music artist who likes you Mr Trump.
And good luck with that.

[weecalf]

Who's Adele then ?

[Canary42]

He's on his way out it seems.

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1472292.html

[-Talbot-]

Should Donald Trump Stop Using .....Adele's Music............ In His Rallies?


bit of a clue in there somewhere, weecalf

[-Talbot-]

lol
You can not be bothered to contribute to most of your own threads Canary yet you post an answer on someone else's thread promoting your thread that you probably won't contribute to ...priceless!

[sp1814]

youngmafbog

You've used the term 'no worse than', whereas it would be more accurate to have written 'completely different to'.

New Labour approached the band D:Ream to use their song 'Things Can Only Get Better' in their election campaign.

D:Ream gave their consent.

That's literally the opposite of what's happening here and now...not 'no worse than'.

[andy-hughes]

I recall Bruce Springsteen protesting at Ronald Reagan using 'Born In The USA' as one of his rally soundtracks.

Actually, I would have encouraged Mr Reagan to play the song more and more, for two reasons.

One - the song is a bitter polemic against exactly the kind of American society that Mr Reagan was promising to renew.

Two - it proved that neither Mr Reagan or his 'people' had bothered to listen to the song, or if they couldn't be bothered with that, to check out the lyrics, a glance at which would have told them that they were using entirely the wrong song to encourage their voters!

Neither of those would have painted Mr Reagan in a good light as a politician, or a music fan!

[ichkeria]

What's that song by Beck:
"I'm a loser baby so why don't you kill me"

Plenty of volunteers for that :-)
To play the song I mean of course