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Donald Trump loses Electric Avenue legal fight with Eddy Grant
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1488zz8jnzo
The former president used the famous song in a 2020 campaign video.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1488zz8jnzo
The former president used the famous song in a 2020 campaign video.
Crazy thing is, it's only been public domain for 9 years.
The song is in the public domain in the United States and the European Union. Warner Chappell Music had previously claimed copyright on the song in the US and collected licensing fees for its use; in 2015, the copyright claim was declared invalid and Warner Chappell agreed to pay back $14 million in licensing fees.