It’s become a sort of new normal. Politician uses pop song at a campaign rally or event. Artist and songwriter object and send a cease and desist letter to politician’s campaign. Negative publicity ensues. Usually, politician backs off and stops using song.
It happened again this month, when Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler demanded that Donald Trump stop using the band’s song “Dream On” at campaign rallies. Lawyers for Tyler sent the Republican presidential candidate, who had used the song at multiple events, a cease and desist letter demanding he stop playing it in public. It was actually the second such warning Trump had received about the same song within a two-month period.
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