Rolling Stones sic music po-lice on Plump

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Jun 27, 2020, 7:42:56 PM6/27/20

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Playing music -- at least what's licensed through BMI -- at campaign events falls under a "political entities" license that allows writers/publishers to exclude a candidate they don't agree with from using their material, rather than let the pol hide behind the hosting venue's blanket license...

https://deadline.com/2020/06/donald-trump-rolling-stones-bmi-warning-you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-1202971156/ (link)

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Jul 4, 2020, 1:36:39 PM7/4/20

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Neil Young hisses that his work was used wrongly again last night at Rushmore... he's become a US citizen mainly to be able to vote against Don in November... https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/04/politics/neil-young-music-trump-mount-rushmore-event/index.html (link)

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Jul 13, 2020, 8:46:19 PM7/13/20

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Latest to send cease-and-desist to the campaign: Andrew Lloyd Webber, after they played Betty Buckley's "Memory" from Cats...

https://pagesix.com/2020/07/13/andrew-lloyd-webbers-team-sends-cease-and-desist-letter-to-donald-trump/ (link)

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