{"id":2330456,"date":"2024-08-24T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T16:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foo-fighters-taking-action-against-trump-campaign-for-song-usage-donating-royalties-to-harris-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T12:54:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T16:54:58","slug":"foo-fighters-taking-action-against-trump-campaign-for-song-usage-donating-royalties-to-harris-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foo-fighters-taking-action-against-trump-campaign-for-song-usage-donating-royalties-to-harris-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Foo Fighters taking action against Trump campaign for song usage, donating royalties to Harris &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffoo-fighters-taking-action-against-trump-campaign-for-song-usage-donating-royalties-to-harris-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2330456&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u200c Foo \u200cFighters, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rage-against-the-machine-pretends-to-still-be-relevant-calls-to-abort-the-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Rage Against the Machine Pretends to Still Be Relevant, Calls to &quot;Abort the Supreme Court&quot;\">alternative rock band<\/a>, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jj-sues-biden-administration-to-block-medicare-drug-price-negotiations\/\" title=\"J&amp;J sues Biden to halt Medicare drug price talks.\">taking \u2062legal action<\/a> against Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign for\u200b the unauthorized\u2064 use of\u200d their song &#8220;My Hero&#8221; during a \u2063rally \u2063in Arizona\u2064 where Robert F. Kennedy\u200b Jr. was introduced. The\u200b band\u2019s spokesperson confirmed they \u2063did not grant permission for the song&#8217;s use, \u2062emphasizing that if asked, they would \u200dhave denied it. \u200cAs part\u200b of their\u2064 response, the Foo Fighters will donate any royalties earned from the campaign&#8217;s use of the \u2064song to Kamala Harris&#8217;\u2062 election campaign. The\u200d Trump campaign, while asserting that they had a proper license \u200bto play the song, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-cube-likely-to-meet-with-biden-administration-about-contract-with-black-americans\/\" title=\"Ice Cube Likely To Meet With Biden Administration About \u2018Contract With Black Americans\u2019\">received backlash<\/a>\u2064 and scrutiny from various artists\u200d previously for similar \u2063unauthorized usages.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Foo Fighters taking action against Trump campaign for song usage, donating royalties to Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1737028\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3133385\/rfk-jr-heros-welcome-trump-rally-hours-after-endorsing-former-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Foo Fighters<\/a>, an alternative rock band, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-lee-klobuchar-urge-ftc-to-consider-all-available-options-against-facebook\/\" title=\"Mike Lee, Klobuchar Urge FTC To \u2018Consider All Available Options\u2019 Against Facebook\">pursuing action<\/a> against former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> campaign for its unauthorized use of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-who-could-replace-biden-as-democratic-nominee-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s who could replace Biden as Democratic nominee - Washington Examiner\">band&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s song, &ldquo;My Hero.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The campaign played the song at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Arizona<\/a> rally while it introduced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage, who endorsed Trump just hours before.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">UNITE AMERICA.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RFKJr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RFKJr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/trump?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#trump<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f5NXgxdRJs\">pic.twitter.com\/f5NXgxdRJs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1827137489997615485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Foo Fighters were not asked permission, and if they were, they would not have granted it,&rdquo; a spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/culture\/politics\/foo-fighters-donald-trump-my-hero-rally-1235760416\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Billboard<\/em>&nbsp;of the song&rsquo;s usage. Furthermore, &ldquo;appropriate actions are being taken&rdquo; against the campaign, the spokesperson continued, and&nbsp;any royalties received from the song&rsquo;s usage will be donated to the Harris\/Walz campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The band made it apparent on their X account that they did not give the Trump campaign permission.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let us be clear. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gexHWjPMYh\">pic.twitter.com\/gexHWjPMYh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Foo Fighters (@foofighters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foofighters\/status\/1827162704433574342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Trump campaign but did not receive a response. Trump&rsquo;s communications director, Steven Cheung, denied that the song was played without permission.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have a license to play the song,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/donald-trump-rally-arizona-foo-fighters-song-rfk-jr-1943868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told <em>Newsweek<\/em><\/a>. &ldquo;The Foo Fighters or their spokesperson have no idea what they are talking about and engaging in faux outrage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kamala&rsquo;s Wins, an X account <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/harris_wins\/status\/1827344602493235611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>declaring<\/a> itself the &ldquo;largest online community supporting soon to be President Kamala Harris&rdquo; celebrated the band&rsquo;s actions against the Trump campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;BREAKING: The Foo Fighters are suing Donald Trump over his unsolicited use of their song &ldquo;My Hero&rdquo;. The Foo Fighters have announced they will donate royalties received to Kamala Harris&rsquo; campaign,&rdquo; they posted.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has gotten into trouble with music artists several times this month. Cheung posted a video of Trump stepping off his plane to Beyonce&rsquo;s &ldquo;Freedom&rdquo; song, which the Harris campaign has used several times with permission from the artist. The Trump campaign was sent a cease-and-desist notice before Cheung deleted the video on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>On Aug. 11, lawyers for the Isaac Hayes estate filed a notice of copyright infringement and threatened additional legal action against the Trump campaign, alleging it used Hayes&rsquo;s &ldquo;Hold On, I&rsquo;m Coming&rdquo; at multiple rallies without authorization between 2022 and 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/John-McCain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>John McCain<\/a>&lsquo;s 2008 presidential campaign also used the Foo Fighters&rsquo; song repeatedly without permission, and the band responded by saying McCain shows &ldquo;such little respect for creativity and intellectual property.&rdquo; McCain&rsquo;s campaign said they paid the proper royalties and used the song under blanket licensing, which does not require permission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My Hero&rdquo; is regarded as one of the Foo Fighters&rsquo;s biggest hits, reaching number six on the Billboard&nbsp;Alternative Songs&nbsp;chart.<\/p>\n<p>RFK Jr. could be a hero to the Trump campaign. Kennedy endorsed Trump before the rally Friday and said he would drop out of several swing states in order to give more voting support to Trump. Some of Kennedy&rsquo;s supporters have already <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BryceMLipscomb\/status\/1827361039987409341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> they&rsquo;re voting for Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1737028\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1737028\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Foo Fighters, an alternative rock band, are taking legal action against former President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign for using their song &#8220;My Hero&#8221; without permission. The song was played during a rally in Arizona when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was introduced after endorsing Trump earlier that day. A spokesperson for the band stated to Billboard that they were not asked for permission and would have denied it if they had been approached. They also mentioned that &#8220;appropriate actions are being taken&#8221; against the campaign and any royalties earned from the song&#8217;s use will be donated to the Harris\/Walz campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Foo Fighters made it clear on their X account that they did not authorize the Trump campaign to use their music. In response, Trump&#8217;s communications director, Steven Cheung, claimed that they had a license to play the song and accused the band of engaging in &#8220;faux outrage.&#8221; Meanwhile, an X account supporting Kamala Harris celebrated the band&#8217;s decision to sue Trump over this issue.<\/p>\n<p>This incident is not isolated; Trump&#8217;s campaign has faced criticism from various artists recently regarding unauthorized music usage. For instance, a video featuring Trump arriving at his plane with Beyonc\u00e9&#8217;s &#8220;Freedom&#8221; playing was deleted after receiving a cease-and-desist notice from her camp. Additionally, lawyers representing Isaac Hayes&#8217; estate have threatened legal action over unauthorized use of his song at multiple rallies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My Hero,&#8221; one of Foo Fighters&#8217; most popular tracks, peaked at number six on Billboard&#8217;s Alternative Songs chart and has previously been used without permission by John McCain\u2019s 2008 presidential campaign as well<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2330457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/RFK-JR-foo-fighters-scaled-1024x684.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32440,39188,19742,39187,32531],"class_list":["post-2330456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-foo-fighters","tag-political-donation","tag-royalties","tag-song-usage","tag-trump-campaign"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/RFK-JR-foo-fighters-scaled-1024x684.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}