Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J. Trump’s political action committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging copyright infringement for the ongoing use of Young’s song Rockin’ in the Free World as the president’s walkup music at midterm election rallies. If it feels like (to quote a Crosby, Stills, Nash […]
Neil Young Files $10 Million Suit Against Trump for Using ‘Rockin’ in the Free World,’ Six Years After a Prior Settlement Over the Same Song
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