Intellectual Property,
Government
Aug. 14, 2020
New election, same tune
Danger facing political campaigns for using songs without permission
Jordyn Ostroff
Associate
Jassy Vick Carolan LLP
Jordyn Ostroff's areas of focus include media and First Amendment cases.
Cassandra Seto
Partner
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
Email: cseto@omm.com
Cassandra is an intellectual property litigation partner in the firm's Century City office. She has extensive experience handling copyright matters for entertainment and media companies.
You can't always get what you want -- especially if you are a political campaign and what you want is to play hit songs at your rallies. Nearly every campaign cycle, we see the same story: popular musicians object to a campaign's use of their music... often on Twitter, but sometimes in court.
This election season, the Rolling Stones have threatened to sue the Trump campaign for using their music. In years past, a member of the band S...
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