The rock duo White Stripes has dropped their lawsuit against Donald Trump for using their hit song Seven Nation Army in a campaign post days after his sweeping election victory.
Band members Jack and Meg White accused Trump and his presidential campaign of copyright infringement for playing the song’s iconic opening riff over a video of Trump boarding a plane for campaign stops in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Jack White shared the lawsuit on Instagram in September and said: ‘This machine sues fascists.’
However, a November 10 court filing shows the band dismissed the case without prejudice – meaning they could try to sue again – after Trump won his second term in a landslide election.
The rock duo White Stripes (pictured) has dropped their lawsuit against Donald Trump for using their hit song Seven Nation Army
Band members Jack and Meg White accused Trump and his presidential campaign of copyright infringement for playing the song’s iconic opening riff over a video
DailyMail.com reached out to President-elect Trump’s lawyer and an attorney for the White Stripes said they are unable to comment.
Shortly after Trump staffer Margo McAtee shared the video, which has since been deleted, to X on August 29, Jack slammed the presidential candidate for using his song.
‘Oh….Don’t even think about using my music you fascists. Lawsuit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to your 5 thousand others).
‘Have a great day at work today Margo Martin. And as long as I’m here, a double f*** you DonOLD for insulting our nation’s veterans at Arlington you scum.
‘You should lose every military family’s vote immediately from that if ANYTHING makes sense anymore,’ Jack wrote.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, said the band was also objecting to Trump’s use of the song because members Jack and Meg ‘vehemently oppose the policies adopted and actions taken by Defendant Trump when he was President and those he has proposed for the second term he seeks.’
Several prominent musicians have previously criticized Trump for using their songs at rallies.
In October, singer Rufus Wainwright’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ from the Shrek 2 soundtrack was played at a Trump town hall.
An Atlanta judge ordered Trump and his campaign to stop using the song ‘Hold on, I’m Coming’ co-wrote by Isaac Hayes Jr. (pictured)
Wainwright condemned Trump and confirmed that the publishing company for the estate of Cohen has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the campaign.
In September, an Atlanta judge ordered Trump and his campaign to stop using the song ‘Hold on, I’m Coming’, after the family of one of the song’s co-writers pursued a lawsuit against the former president over its use.
The estate of singer and composer Isaac Hayes Jr. filed a lawsuit last month alleging that Trump, his campaign and several of his allies had infringed its copyright and should pay damages.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash ruled that Trump must stop using the song, but he denied a request to force the campaign to take down any existing videos that feature the song.
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