The Ironies Of Linkin Park And Donald Trump In A Song

The most adversarial president in history discovers that there are limits to his power.

This morning, I saw a headline (inspiration!) that said that Linkin Park complained to Twitter that the Trump campaign had used a song in a campaign video without authorization from the songwriters. According to Variety Magazine, the Trump campaign had used music from Linkin Park’s song, “In The End” in a campaign video that had been posted on Twitter. Twitter removed the post from Trump’s Twitter account upon receipt of the complaint.

Where have I seen this before? Oh yeah. It was Neil Young lodging multiple complaints on Twitter against the Trump campaign for use of his songs. Trump has a habit of playing, “Rockin’ In The Free World” at his rallies as he walks onto the stage. Neil Young is not OK with this and they have filed complaints to restrain the Trump campaign from playing his music, anywhere, anytime, in support of Trump’s campaign. There is a supreme irony in the scene of Trump walking on stage to music performed by one of America’s favorite hippies.

Does Trump not understand the difference between public domain and copyright? You can bet that if someone used any copyrighted works of Donald Trump in anything that generates revenue, revenue, revenue! they’d be getting a cease and desist letter about it. It would have been nice if the Trump campaign had taken the time to get permission before playing the music at the…