Rolling Stones Have Clout Over Trump Campaign Song Use (2)

The Rolling Stones’ threat of legal action against President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign highlights artists’ ability to block the use of songs even when entities have permission to play the full catalog.

The band repeatedly requested that the campaign not use the band’s music before the campaign played “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” at Trump’s June 20 rally in Oklahoma. Afterward the band asked its performance rights organization, Broadcast Music Inc., to remove its music from the campaign’s “political entities license” to play BMI’s catalog, according to a BMI statement

Politicians have for decades have faced public objections ...