tomder55
Aug 30, 2024, 12:56 PM
Recently the Foo Fighters and Abba among a group of some 40 artists have "demanded " that Trump stop using their music during his rallies.
ABBA joins music artists demanding Trump stop playing their songs | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/media/abba-joins-music-artists-demanding-trump-stop-playing-songs)
The problem is that they can't force him to stop.
You see these groups get paid well by performing rights organizations (PRO) to sell licenses to use their songs. The Trump campaign has purchased those rights.
SESAC | What is a Performing Rights Organization (PRO)? (https://www.sesac.com/what-is-a-performing-rights-organization-pro/#:~:text=A%20Performing%20Rights%20Organization%20 (PRO)%20represents%20the%20copyrighted%20musical%2 0works,in%20exchange%20for%20license%20fees.)
So all this public demand to cease is PC posturing and pi$$ing in the wind.
What these artists are really doing is hurting their own brand.
Michael Jordan understood this years ago
In 1990, at the height of his popularity, Michael Jordan was asked to make an endorsement in a divisive U.S. Senate race in North Carolina between Republican Jesse Helms and Democratic challenger Harvey Gantt. While he made a contribution to Gantt, Jordan declined to involve himself in the election. “Republicans buy sneakers, too,” the basketball legend and the face of Nike’s Air Jordan shoes quipped to his teammates.
Celebrities: We don’t care who you’re voting for | America Magazine (https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2024/08/14/lusvardi-presumption-scientism-humility-jordan-248557)
ABBA joins music artists demanding Trump stop playing their songs | Fox News (https://www.foxnews.com/media/abba-joins-music-artists-demanding-trump-stop-playing-songs)
The problem is that they can't force him to stop.
You see these groups get paid well by performing rights organizations (PRO) to sell licenses to use their songs. The Trump campaign has purchased those rights.
SESAC | What is a Performing Rights Organization (PRO)? (https://www.sesac.com/what-is-a-performing-rights-organization-pro/#:~:text=A%20Performing%20Rights%20Organization%20 (PRO)%20represents%20the%20copyrighted%20musical%2 0works,in%20exchange%20for%20license%20fees.)
So all this public demand to cease is PC posturing and pi$$ing in the wind.
What these artists are really doing is hurting their own brand.
Michael Jordan understood this years ago
In 1990, at the height of his popularity, Michael Jordan was asked to make an endorsement in a divisive U.S. Senate race in North Carolina between Republican Jesse Helms and Democratic challenger Harvey Gantt. While he made a contribution to Gantt, Jordan declined to involve himself in the election. “Republicans buy sneakers, too,” the basketball legend and the face of Nike’s Air Jordan shoes quipped to his teammates.
Celebrities: We don’t care who you’re voting for | America Magazine (https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2024/08/14/lusvardi-presumption-scientism-humility-jordan-248557)