Eddy Grant Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Donald Trump Moves Forward (Updated June 2022)
October 10, 2021
(Updates below: June 2022)
Donald Trump fails in bid to throw out Eddy Grant’s ‘Electric Avenue’ lawsuit
A judge refused to dismiss Grant’s lawsuit regarding the former president’s use of the song in a campaign video
Trump to face Eddy Grant’s copyright lawsuit
Sept. 30, 2021
Former Republican President Donald Trump must face copyright claims brought by “Electric Avenue” musician Eddy Grant over Trump’s alleged misuse of his song on a video he posted to Twitter, a Manhattan federal court ruled on Tuesday.
US District Judge John Koeltl said Trump and his campaign hadn’t proven at an early stage of the case that a 55-second anti-Biden video he tweeted last year during the run-up to the 2020 presidential election made fair use of Grant’s song under federal copyright law.
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