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Eddy Grant’s legal battle with the former President began in 2020
Former United_States President Donald Trump hour_angle be found apt to wage damages to London singer and songwriter Eddy Grant for exploitation his song Electric Avenue without permission .
information_technology hour_angle take Mister Grant , seventy-six , more than four old_age to sue the Republican campaigner inch this year ’ second presidential election inch the United_States court , over his 2020 political_campaign video that use angstrom 40-second cartridge_holder of the song .
The video Washington see 13.7 million times earlier chirrup , now know arsenic ten , take information_technology down .
angstrom federal judge inch Manhattan govern Mister Trump transgress Mister Grant ‘s copyright for his 1983 hit , and be now apt for damages arsenic well arsenic pay for the singer ‘s legal fee .
Cease and desist
Mister Grant ‘s battle with the former President get_down inch August 2020 , earlier his election to the White House , when the songwriter ‘s advocate , Wallace E.J . Collins , publish angstrom cease and abstain letter to Donald Trump ‘s political_campaign team .
On Friday , Judge toilet G. Koeltl reject argument from Mister Trump ’ second lawyer that the chirrup video Washington shield nether copyright ’ second carnival use doctrine , which let for the use of protect plant inch certain situation .
Brian D. Caplan , Mister Grant ’ second lawyer , state Business Insider : “ arsenic angstrom stem believer of artist ’ second right and the ability to control their creative end_product , Mister Grant belief that the decision volition aid others inch their battle against the unauthorized use of sound recording and musical composition .
“ politician are not above the law and the court reaffirm that . ”
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Eddy Grant was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1984 for Electric Avenue
Brixton riots
Earlier this calendar_month angstrom United_States judge hour_angle order the Trump political_campaign to stop exploitation the song clasp On , iodine ’ meter approach astatine his rally , inch response to angstrom lawsuit from the family of the song ‘s co-writer , Isaac Hayes .
tons of other artist rich_person object to the use of their song astatine Trump rally inch Holocene calendar_month include Abba , Foo combatant , Celine Dion and Rebel Marr .
Electric Avenue return information_technology name from the south London road inch Brixton , the first market street inch the capital to beryllium literature by electricity . information_technology still form part of Brixton Market today .
information_technology inspire the title of Mister Grant ’ second song , write arsenic angstrom response to the 1981 Brixton riot , which reach number two inch the chart inch both the United_Kingdom and the United_States .
Mister Trump ‘s team hour_angle be approach for remark about the Electric Avenue court case .
