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Donald Trump Settles Lawsuit Over Use of Eddy Grant’s ‘Electric Avenue’ In Campaign Video

Donald Trump reached a settlement with Eddy Grant in a copyright lawsuit over the unauthorized use of “Electric Avenue” in a 2020 campaign video.

Four years earlier, Grant filed a similar case over Trump’s “wrongful and willful” use of “Electric Avenue,” a funky, reggae-infused track about the 1981 Brixton riot, named for a road running through that London neighborhood. “The animation does not use ‘Electric Avenue’ as a vehicle to deliver its satirical message, and it makes no effort to poke fun at the song or Grant,” Judge Koeltl wrote, quoting directly from his earlier decision. The ruling in September held that Trump and his campaign were legally liable for copyright infringement, but it left undecided the amount he would ultimately need pay Grant in damages.

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