In this week’s Legal Beat, Eminem blocks a GOP hopeful from using his songs, a judge cites Biggie & Wu-Tang, the Isley Brothers continue to litigate, and more.
is demanding that a Republican presidential candidate stop using “Lose Yourself” on campaign stops — and, lucky for him, licensing groups like ASCAP and BMI have made it easy for him to do so.’s campaign last week to stop using Eminem’s music, saying the star himself had requested that they do so. The move came less than two weeks after the candidate was captured in a viral video rapping the lyrics to the smash hit song at an event in Iowa.
A spokeswoman for the campaign quickly announced that Ramaswamy would comply, saying they would “leave the rapping to the real Slim Shady.” And that’s because they pretty much had to under the terms of BMI’s special “political entities” license – a unique legal solution crafted to address the problem of music stars who want to freely license their songs to stadiums, bars and other public spaces, butTo learn more about Eminem’s letter to Ramaswamy – and the history of top artists complaining about their music being used at political rallies...
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