Musicians who oppose Donald Trump's use of their music
Musicians who oppose Donald Trump's use of their music
A major aspect of Donald Trump's presidential election campaigns, in his (/wiki/Listofralliesforthe2016DonaldTrumppresidentialcampaign), (/wiki/DonaldTrump2020presidentialcampaign), and 2024 campaigns, was unauthorized use of music at his prominent and frequent political rallies. Below are musicians who have voiced opposition to their music being used by Trump at his rallies, or for other political purposes, and the actions they took in response to their music's use.
Musicians who oppose Donald Trump's use of their music
Venues and political campaigns can buy rights to play songs through licensing packages offered by performing rights organizations such as BMI and ASCAP. BMI and ASCAP allow artists to remove a song from a campaign's Political Entities License. After BMI or ASCAP notifies the campaign of the song's removal, the campaign must stop using the song or risk legal action for copyright infringement. A political campaign that uses a licensed song without the artist's permission may also risk legal action on grounds of trademark infringement, false advertising, or right of publicity.
Adele
Adele stated that Trump did not have permission to use her songs "Rolling in the Deep" or "Skyfall)" at Trump political rallies in 2016, and requested that her music not be used in any political campaigning. Adele later endorsed Trump's 2016 opponent, Hillary Clinton.
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