Guyanese musical icon Eddy Grant is suing President Donald Trump after his 1982 hit song “Electric Avenue” was used during a campaign video clip on Twitter.
The 72-year-old Guyanese-British musician filed a lawsuit on Tuesday September 1st, 2020, citing Trump for “continued to willfully and wrongfully infringing Plaintiffs’ copyrights.”
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According to CNN, Trump’s Twitter attack video of Joe Biden features an animated train with Trump’s campaign logo speeding through a town while Biden follows along in a railroad handcar, which ends with letters spelling out “Biden Train” falling off the screen.
“Electric Avenue” plays in the video clip, which Trump tweeted last month. The video clip garnered 13 million views through Tuesday afternoon.
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Brian Caplan, an attorney for Grant, told CNN on Tuesday evening that “the removal of the video does not diminish the damages that have been sustained by reason of the two copyright infringements at issue. The tweet was sent to millions of President Trump’s Twitter account followers and then retweeted a significant amount of times.”
“Neither the President nor his reelection campaign team gave any defense to their wrongful conduct,” Caplan said.
Grant’s lawyer noted “substantial damage and irreparable harm has occurred and will continue to occur to my client and his reputation as an artist not affiliated in any way with your campaign.”
Eddy Grant is the latest name on the list of musicians and artistes who’ve taken legal action against Trump and his campaign for using their copyrighted music, including Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Adele, QUEEN and Rihanna!
Eddy Grant Sues Trump
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