Judge blocks Trump campaign from using Isaac Hayes' music | FOX 5 News

Published: Sep 03, 2024 Duration: 00:02:34 Category: News & Politics

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FORECAST COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. >>CHRISTINE: NO EXCUSES TO BE OUTSIDE >>CHRISTINE: RIGHT. >>JEFF: THANKS JEFF. WELL, A FEDERAL COURT JUDGE ORDERS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO STOP USING ISAAC HAYES MUSIC ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. THE LATE SINGER'S ESTATE FILED SUIT AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND HIS CAMPAIGN, ALLEGING THEY WERE USING THE SONG WITHOUT PERMISSION. FOX FIVE'S DEIDRE DUKES IS LIVE AT THE RICHARD RUSSELL FEDERAL BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA, WITH MORE DEIDRE ON TODAY'S RULING, WE >>REPORTER: WERE TOLD BY THE FAMILY AND ATTORNEYS IN COURT THEY CLAIM THAT THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY USING ONE OF ISAAC HAYES SONGS FOR YEARS. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THEY CALLED TODAY'S RULING A VICTORY NOT ONLY FOR THE HAYES FAMILY, BUT THEY SAID FOR OTHER RECORDING ARTISTS. >>>>: WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND HAPPY FOR THE DECISION BY JUDGE THRASH. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN BARRED FROM EVER PLAYING THE MUSIC OF ISAAC HAYES AGAIN. ISAAC HAYES, THE THIRD, AND HIS SIBLINGS PRAISED TUESDAY'S RULING AS THEY PREPARE FOR THE NEXT ROUND IN THIS LEGAL BATTLE. A FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS CAMPAIGN TO STOP USING THEIR FATHER'S SONG AT CAMPAIGN EVENTS. ATTORNEYS FOR THE LATE SINGER AND SONGWRITERS FAMILY FACED OFF AGAINST TRUMP'S LAWYERS IN COURT. THEY SUED THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN FOR REPEATEDLY USING THE SONG HOLD ON. I'M COMING, ARGUING TRUMP DIDN'T HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE SONG AND WAS CAUSING IRREPARABLE HARM TO THE LATE SINGER'S BRAND. I WANT THIS TO SERVE AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER ARTISTS TO COME FORWARD THAT DON'T WANT THEIR MUSIC. USED BY DONALD TRUMP OR OTHER POLITICAL ENTITIES AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR MUSIC, ARTISTS RIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT. THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN ALSO SCORED A VICTORY IN COURT. THE JUDGE DENIED THE FAMILY'S REQUEST THAT TRUMP BE FORCED TO TAKE DOWN CAMPAIGN VIDEOS POSTED ON THE INTERNET, WHICH FEATURED THE SONG. WE'RE NOT CLEAR THAT THE HAYES FAMILY DOES HAVE AN OWNERSHIP RIGHT. THE JUDGE FELT THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH IN THE RECORD TO AT LEAST MAKE A PRIMA FACIE FINDING THAT THEY DID HAVE SOME KIND OF OWNERSHIP. RIGHT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MURKY, AND THE JUDGE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT'S MURKY. ATTORNEYS FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT INSIST THEY DID NOT VIOLATE COPYRIGHT LAW, BUT HAD INDICATED IN COURT DOCUMENTS FILED FRIDAY THAT THEY WOULD NO LONGER USE THE SONG OUT OF CONSIDERATION FOR THE SENTIMENTS OF THE HAYES FAMILY. AND IN ORDER TO AVOID FURTHER LITIGATION ON THAT SCORE, WE WOULD STOP PLAYING IT SO IT'S NOT BEING USED ANYMORE. AND >>REPORTER: HAYES FAMILY MEMBERS REITERATING TODAY THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO HAVE THOSE VIDEOS THAT ARE ONLINE, THOSE CAMPAIGN VIDEOS

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