Neil Young 'reconsidering' suing Trump over repeated use of music at rallies

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Neil Young is spending $20,000 to ensure his website no longer has any ties to Google or Facebook.Last year, the rocker announced he would be quitting the social media site over its links to right-wing organizations and alleged failure to tackle false information spread on its pages.Now, the star has announced he has spent $20,000 removing all traces of both Facebook and Google logins from his Neil Young Archives site – meaning fans have to log in using other methods.“Facebook knowingly allows

Neil Young says he is spending $20,000 to disconnect his website from Facebook and Google, a move that will mean fans can no longer login to that site using their Facebook or Google accounts.Why go to that effort? Well, Young writes in a message to fans, “Facebook knowingly allows untruths and lies in its political ads to circulate on the platform, while bots sow discord among users. Sowing dissent and chaos in our country via political disinformation is something we can not condone.

imitating artists like Neil Young, Dave Matthews and Bob Dylan.Plus, Fallon’s band, The Roots, were at the top of their game that evening, doing challenging renditions of Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA,” which completely evaded McConaughey but which Fallon guessed immediately,” and Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the World,” which McConaughey hummed along to but still ended up bested by Fallon’s quick recall.Also Read: Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers Honor 'Absolute Legend' Regis Philbin and His 'Contagious

Hold on there just a minute. Donald Trump, 74, is notorious for angering artists whenever he plays their songs at his gatherings without their alleged permission.

, Oklahoma, on 20 June, which controversially went ahead despite concerns over the ongoing pandemic.The lawsuit states the "campaign does not now have, and did not at the time of the Tulsa rally, have a license or Plaintiff's permission" to play the songs at any "public political event".The former member of Buffalo Springfield said he has "continuously" complained about Mr Trump's use of his songs since 2015, but he has been "willfully ignored".Young said his first complaint was in connection

Neil Young has followed up on his threat to sue Donald Trump by, you know, suing Donald Trump.The lawsuit over Trump’s use of Young’s music at his political rallies has been a long time coming.

Neil Young has filed a lawsuit against the Donald Trump 2020 campaign.

NEW YORK -- Neil Young sued President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign Tuesday for copyright infringement, saying he doesn’t want his music used as a theme song for a “divisive un-American campaign of ignorance and hate." The Grammy-award winning Canadian-born musician filed the lawsuit through his lawyers in Manhattan federal court, seeking up to $150,000 in statutory damages for each infringement. A message seeking comment was left with a campaign spokesperson.

Chris Willman Music WriterNeil Young has made good on his threat to file a lawsuit against the Donald Trump campaign over its continued — and he contends legally unauthorized — use of his music for political purposes.

Neil Young is taking the Donald Trump campaign to court.

Neil Young is suing President Donald Trump's presidential campaign for playing his music at rallies, saying his songs "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Devil's Sidewalk" have been used "for a divisive, un-American campaign of ignorance and hate.”

Neil Young is suing US President Donald Trump over the unauthorised use of his music at his campaign rallies.Young today (August 4) posted a lawsuit against Trump’s campaign on his Archives website, claiming the US President does not have proper license to play his songs at his campaign rallies.

complaint in Young’s archives.Also Read: Neil Young Is 'NOT Okay With' Trump's Use of His Songs at Mt Rushmore EventIt goes on, “However, Plaintiff in good conscience cannot allow his music to be used as a ‘theme song’ for a divisive, un-American campaign of ignorance and hate.”This isn’t the first time the rock legend has expressed discomfort with Trump’s use of his material and Young is hardly the first artist to go after Trump and his campaign for use of songs.Over the past few years,

President Donald Trump is serious about his threat to ban social media platform TikTok from U.S. operations.

Chris Willman Music WriterHow does the man who wrote “Rockin’ in the Free World” feel about the putative leader of the free world? There hasn’t been much doubt about that, as Neil Young has made headlines several times for his resistance to having his songs played at Donald Trump rallies, as they mysteriously often are. Last week, he even threatened to sue the president over the matter.But in case there was any doubt, he’s written a hurricane-level fusillade taking Trump on.

Nirvana, Pink Floyd and Bruce Springsteen – tune in below.A number of live outings from past ceremonies have been added to the Rock Hall’s YouTube archive throughout the coronavirus-enforced lockdown, with clips of Prince, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, U2 and more hitting the platform back in May.Continuing the series, organisers have now shared the 2014 Nirvana reunion which saw the band’s surviving members team up with St.