Family of Isaac Hayes coming for Trump over unauthorized use of classic soul hit
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It was recorded by Sam & Dave. Does Isaac Hayes family have rights to their recording?
If the Trump campaign paid royalties for the use of that song -- or ANY song -- they have the right to play it however they see fit. It all depends on whether they paid the royalties or not.
I remember a similar case many years ago when Rush Limbaugh started each show and each hour segment with that tune he made famous. It was by some rock band that never went anywhere on the charts, but he liked the beat. The group sued to make him stop using "their" song, but he had paid the royalties and used it anyway, up until his final show.
Yeah, it was a Pretenders song - I can't think of the name of it. "Back to Ohio" maybe??
Yeah, something like that.
Back to Ohio is just part of the lyrics. The name of the song is "My City Was Gone".
Thanks to u/The_General_Patton for pointing that out to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thu8DWsirJo
The Pretenders never went anywhere?
Turn the computer off, go outside, get some fresh air. You'll thank me.
Well, I don't know. They are trying
I'm guessing the song was copyrighted, which is pretty standard for composers, meaning Sam and Dave had to have permission to record the song and therefore contacted with Hayes to pay for the use of it. The rights to the song normally would be retained by the composer, the copyright holder.
They obviously don’t know about the Trump curse. This won’t end well for them.
They must be a bunch of braindeads.
The apparently forgot what happened when Isaac pissed off Trey and Matt, the Southpark creators.
For years, Isaac Hayes was fine with the show making fun of every religion on the planet, until they made the Trapped in the Closet episode which made fun of Scientology. Because he left the show like a little bitch, his character Chef, turns out to be a pedophile, and is killed off.
Must be a pedo under control then.
GO TRUMP he is clearly going after the music INDUSTRY. By adding Celine to the mix he is EXPOSING all the BS. THINK nobody pays to attend a Trump rally. If I play my music list at the beach should the Artists be recompensed because 100 people heard the music. Trump should CHARGE these people for the FREE exposure he giving these mostly forgotten artists.
LOL. I was thinking lawfare and also, these people are going into Trump's quicksand.
SINKING!
Yes.
This is so stupid. They just do this stuff to generate headlines. I'm absolutely certain that Trump is paying a subscription for all music that is digitally out there. As a former bar owner, I know all about what you can play and how you have to pay fees to play It.And i'm pretty sure that Trump does too, considering he has so many venues that play music.
Trump quicksand or either that, it's lawfare.
Isn't that in the public domain by now?
Trump's quick sand they want to step into.
Trivial nothing.
Titanic is where all the trouble started. You know the Federal Reserve started after the sinking of the Titanic so I wonder....
Grifters
So many of them.
Article paywalled, but I notice it was written by two happy merchants, I could almost picture the demented grins on their faces as they typed.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/isaac-hayes-estate-demands-trump-200209667.html
I wonder if the son, Isaac Hayes Iii, as he refers to himself is working or just living off gibs and royalties of daddy’s work.
Commie parasite.
I'll buy parasite