[Applause] the role music plays at political rallies is undeniable Beyonce gave her blessing to US Presidential nominee kamla Harris to play her song Freedom on the campaign Trail but some artists are speaking out saying their music was used by Donald Trump's campaign without their consent the latest in a growing list Swedish pop group ABBA asked Trump to stop using their music after it was played at a rally in Minnesota I think artists have an acute understanding of how powerful their music is and because of that I think that they have the license to selectively withdraw their music from being used as a tool to elevate a crowd that is espousing beliefs that they do not stand for an official with Trump's campaign said in a statement the campaign had a license to play ala music through our agreement with BMI and ASCAP both are performance rights organizations or PR that collect royalties on behalf of songwriters and Publishers but one legal expert says certain artists could fight back they have to get clearances from each of the songwriters of the composition uh the owner of the master recording and also from the public performance Organization for the the venue itself where they'll be uh performing the song among the other artists objecting to hearing their music at Trump r Canadian Superstar Seline Dion and the US rock band Foo Fighters both took to social media to let fans know it was done without their authorization some artists seemingly have won out remember that Beyonce song the Trump campaign tried to use it in an online video reportedly after a lawsuit threat that video quickly disappeared e Musa CBC News Toronto