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What happens when a rally plays a song its writer opposes?
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Neil Young is suing a fundraising committee linked to Donald Trump, and he wants 10 million dollars in damages. His lawsuit says the committee played his song Rockin' in the Free World at campaign events without permission.
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The complaint was filed in federal court in Virginia. It alleges one performance at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, shortly before Trump took the stage.
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Young puts it plainly: The song is the opposite of everything that Donald J Trump stands for. He also says the campaign once settled a case over this song, promising never to use it without a licence.
“The song is the opposite of everything that Donald J Trump stands for.”
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