I'm surprised I didn't see this earlier. The estate of Isaac Hayes, led by his son, is suing the Trump campaign for continued unauthorized use of the song "Hold On, I'm Coming" at the beginning of each Trump rally. This has been going on for some time, the estate sent prior written communication to the Trump campaign to stop its use and the Trump campaign ignored the notices and has continued to use the song.

This has happened with other artists as well but it seems surprising that a man indicted for at least 34 felony charges amid a Presidential race would be so flippant about ignoring ptential legal action that would trigger more court time. The Hayes case has had a hearing scheduled for Septeber 3, 2024. Of course, we'll have to see what the Supreme Court says about Presidential power and copyrights. Maybe the President has some special use clause that allows him to compile campaign mix tapes as long as they are only sold from the back of a 30 year old van in the parking lot outside the arena.

Of course, the real suprise here is the song selection. If Trump was going to violate copyrights on Isaac Hayes material, I would have thought he would have gone for Shaft. That's so much more on message for his campaign.


WTH