a special thank you to each of our subscribers who make this channel possible here's today's story a federal judge on Tuesday ordered former president Donald Jay Trump's campaign to stop using the song Hold on in coming by Isaac Hayes at campaign events in response to a lawsuit from the artist estate the Judge Thomas thrash Jr of the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia issued a temporary injunction blocking further use of the song without proper license however judge thrash did not Grant the estate's request to order Mr Trump's campaign to take down recordings of past events in which it had used the song Mr Trump regularly used the song as his exit music for much of the past year including at the Republican National Convention in July and as recently as a rally in Boseman Montana on August 9th he has since returned to using the village people's YMCA which he used to close out his rallies during his 2020 campaign the Village People have also previously objected to Mr Trump's use of their music we are very pleased with the Court's decision a lawyer for the hay estate James L Walker Jr said Donald Trump has been told he cannot use the music of Isaac Hayes without a license that was our number one goal now we work on the underlying trial and case. September three UPI a federal judge in Georgia ruled that former president Donald Trump's campaign must stop using the song hold on I'm coming after the estate of late r B artist Isaac Hayes filed suit to end it on Tuesday at the Richard B Russell Federal Building and US courthouse in downtown Atlanta Judge Thomas thrash Jr issued a preliminary injunction for the Trump campaign to pause use of the song hold on I'm coming in videos campaign rallies and events Hayes a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and an Oscar and Grammy winning singer composer and producer co-wrote the song in 1966 he died in 2008 from a stroke at his Tennessee home he was 65 I do order Trump and his campaign to not use the song without proper license the judge said however thrash did reject a motion by the haze estate to force the campaign to take down any previously recorded uses of the song Trump attorney Ronald Coleman told reporters after Tuesday's decision they were pleased with thrash's choice not to remove videos that had previous uses of the song The Campaign has no interest in annoying or hurting anyone Coleman said and if the Hayes family feels it hurts or annoys them that's fine we're not going to force the issue the ruling arrived after the estate of late songwriter Hayes sought an order to stop Trump's campaign from utilizing the hit song originally released and popularized by soul and R&B Duo Sam and Dave alleging the political campaign did not have approval lawyers for Hayes estate alleged that Trump's campaign team had played the song at various events more than 100 times over a 2-year period court documents obtained by CNN indicate the Hayes estate is seeking compensatory damages for the unauthorized use of Hayes work representatives for Hayes joined Swedish pop band Abba the Foo Fighters kleinon bian Johnny Mar of the Smiths and the estate of late singer sonat Connor who have all demanded that Trump the Republican nominee stop playing their songs in campaign videos or rallies we are very grateful and happy for the decision by judge thrash Isaac Hayes 3 said after Tuesday's hearing 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 at an emergency injunction Hearing in Atlanta Federal court on Tuesday Donald Trump and his campaign were ordered to stop using a songw written by songwriting Legend Isaac Hayes which he has played at over 130 rallies US District Court Thomas thrash Jr issued an injunction as part of the 9:30 a.m. hearing called by attorneys representing Isaac Hayes 3 the excor of his father's estate Trump is no longer allowed to use the Grammy winning Soul music legend song Hold on in coming at rallies and events I couldn't have asked for a better decision Hayes said at a press conference following the hearing 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 Hayes told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview in August that by his count hold on mcom has been used 135 times over the past several years without Trump's team ever asking permission or paying to license the soul Classic this court Victory did not include all requests from Hayes estate however which asked that all videos featuring the song uploaded by team Trump and its associates be taken down James L Walker an attorney representing the Hayes family said that the injunction was issued after an emergency hearing and that the case will now go into the evidentiary process and then to trial which is when the takedown wreck that's all for this story We upload videos every day covering many different subjects so hit that subscribe button to stay informed thanks for watching