The White Stripes sued former U.S. president Donald Trump on Monday in a case that alleges he used their hit track “Seven Nation Military” with out permission in a video posted to social media.
The band has accused Trump and his presidential marketing campaign of copyright infringement for taking part in the track’s iconic opening riff over a video of Trump boarding a airplane for marketing campaign stops in Michigan and Wisconsin final month.
The Trump marketing campaign didn’t instantly return an emailed request for remark.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court docket in Manhattan, mentioned the band was additionally objecting to Trump’s use of the track as a result of members Jack White and Meg White “vehemently oppose the insurance policies adopted and actions taken by Defendant Trump when he was President and people he has proposed for the second time period he seeks.”
A number of outstanding musicians have beforehand criticized Trump for utilizing their songs at rallies. Final week, a federal choose in Atlanta dominated that Trump and his marketing campaign should cease utilizing the track “Maintain On, I’m Coming” after a lawsuit from the property of Isaac Hayes Jr.
