Neil Young Files $10 Million Suit Against Trump for Using ‘Rockin’ in the Free World,’ Six Years After a Prior Settlement Over the Same Song
Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J.
Variety reports: Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J.
Trump’s political action committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging copyright infringement for the ongoing use of Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World” as the president’s walkup music at midterm election rallies. If it feels like (to quote a Crosby, Stills, Nash &.
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