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Donald Trump Loses ‘Electric Avenue’ Legal Battle With Eddy Grant; Jury Could Be Convened Over Compensation From Ex-POTUS – Update


The legal fight is over the use of "Electric Avenue" in a campaign video.

A federal judge in New York sounded skeptical on Friday that Donald Trump was not legally liable for using Eddy Grant ‘s 1983 hit song, “ Electric Avenue,” in a 2020 campaign video without the artist’s permission. “Electric Avenue” kicks in, with its thumping beat, one-two guitar punch and Grant’s galvanizing shout of “Oi!” The track plays for about 40 seconds alongside audio snippets from a rambling speech that Biden delivered in 2017 at a public pool renaming ceremony. The former president’s lawyers have argued that placing “Electric Avenue” in a whimsical campaign cartoon constituted fair use under U.S. copyright law as an “expressive,” and “transformative” non-commercial form of political commentary that enjoys First Amendment protection.

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