A third party license to use the song is different from asking the band who wrote it if it'd be cool to use it. Whoever was asking the band if they 'let' Trump use it isn't understanding what is actually happening here.
Most likely the Foo Fighters, as a revenue stream, sold rights to sell licenses to use their songs in commercials, public events, etc to whatever company Trump bought a license from. Its out of the Foo Fighter's hands, outside of making a huge public stink about it.
The REAL question here is whether or not the company was legally allowed to sell the license, AND whether or not The Foo Fighters understand that.
A third party license to use the song is different from asking the band who wrote it if it'd be cool to use it. Whoever was asking the band if they 'let' Trump use it isn't understanding what is actually happening here.
Most likely the Foo Fighters, as a revenue stream, sold rights to sell licenses to use their songs in commercials, public events, etc to whatever company Trump bought a license from. Its out of the Foo Fighter's hands, outside of making a huge public stink about it.
The REAL question here is whether or not the company was legally allowed to sell the license, AND whether or not The Foo Fighters understand that.
But that would not be Trump's fault.