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Business Insider reports:
Lawyers for former president Donald Trump and the dance-floor icon Eddy Grant are “gonna rock down to” a Manhattan courtroom on Friday for a face-to-face fight over the musician’s ’80s hit “Electric Avenue.”
Grant sued Trump four years ago for tweeting a cartoon making fun of Joe Biden that used 40 seconds of the song as a soundtrack. The August 2020 tweet was viewed 13.7 million times before Twitter took it down, and Grant says this was an unauthorized use for which Trump owes him $300,000 in damages.
Despite its relatively low monetary stakes, Grant’s lawsuit is being challenged aggressively by Trump, and the oral arguments scheduled for this Friday are set to debut an extraordinary defense. Trump’s lawyers are expected to argue that, for decades, Grant somehow neglected to copyright the sound recording, or “master,” for “Electric Avenue.”
Read the full article. There’s much more. Today Trump’s lawyers will also appear in an Atlanta court to face a copyright lawsuit brought by the estate of Isaac Hayes.
Trump lawyers are set to argue in court this week that the hit ’80s song ‘Electric Avenue’ wasn’t properly copyrighted https://t.co/yd1hmkqY5o
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) September 2, 2024
🚨BREAKING: READ THIS. Donald Trump for President has been claiming they had a valid @BMI license to play “Hold On, I’m Coming” for weeks. FALSE. Donald Trump for President has not had valid license for nealy 100 days, and @realDonaldTrump has NEVER had a license. Not to mention… pic.twitter.com/ChrSuWclg0
— Isaac Hayes III (@IsaacHayes3) September 2, 2024
Trump campaign says Isaac Hayes’ estate does not own the copyright to classic song being played at rallies and suggests the musician was personally fond of the GOP – Law & Crime https://t.co/mweHOxdBrx
— Copyright Plaza (@CopyrightPlaza1) September 3, 2024