The Rolling Stones has warned to threaten legal action against US President Donal Trump.
The move comes after a statement was issued by the performing rights organisation BMI, who have insisted that Trump’s political campaign stop using music by “The Rolling Stones” as part of their official campaign events and rallies.
A statement read by a spokesperson for BMI said “If Donald Trump disregards the exclusion and persists then he would face a lawsuit for breaking the embargo and playing music that has not been licensed.”
The statement continued: “Trump’s campaign has legal access to more than 15 million musical works in their archive under the Political Entities License. However, this particular license states that BMI have the right, “to exclude musical works from the license if a songwriter or publisher objects to its use by a campaign.” Needless to say, The Rolling Stones object.”
The statement added: “BMI has received such an objection and sent a letter notifying the Trump campaign that The Rolling Stones’ works have been removed from the campaign license, and advising the campaign that any future use of these musical compositions will be in breach of its license agreement with BMI.”
The threat of legal action comes just days after the family of the late Tom Petty issued a cease and desist letter to the political campaign of Donald Trump after his campaign used Petty song ‘I Won’t Back Down’ during a recent rally held in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
“Trump was in no way authorised to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind,” the Petty family said in a statement.
“Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind,” they added. “Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate. He liked to bring people together.”
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