The White Stripes have dropped a federal lawsuit against US President-elect Donald Trump for unauthorized usage of their track “Seven Nation Army” in a video campaign. The video was posted by campaign deputy director of communications Margo Martin in August, another defendant in the case.
Jack and Meg White are dismissing the case without prejudice, which gives them rights to refile. The White Stripes’ attorney, Robert A. Jacobs chose to not comment on the matter.
After Martin deleted the post, White posted on Instagram, “Oh….Don’t even think about using my music you fascists. Law suit coming from my lawyers about this.”
Soon after Jack White vowed to take legal action against Martin for posting a video of Trump with “Seven Nation Army” playing. The White Stripes filed the six-count copyright infringement lawsuit, last September. Furthermore, the lawsuit states the Trump campaign has chosen “to ignore and not respond to Plaintiffs’ pre-litigation efforts to resolve the matters at issue in this action”, and in doing so “indiscriminately trampled on Plaintiffs’ legal rights”. The suit also mentioned that the band “vehemently oppose the policies adopted and actions taken by Defendant Trump when he was President and those he has proposed for the second term he seeks”.
“Americans chose a known, obvious fascist,” The White Stripes’ Jack White on Donald Trump Victory
Jack White has been a long time Trump critic. In 2016, we came across a similar incident where Trump had used “Seven Nation Army” for another campaign video, thus facing criticisms from the band.
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After the Republicans won at the US presidential elections, Jack White released a lengthy statement. “Trump won the popular vote. End of story. Americans chose a known, obvious fascist and now America will get whatever this wannabe dictator wants to enact from here on in,” Jack wrote. “We all know what he is capable of: Project 2025, deportations, nationwide abortion ban, ending his own 2 term limit, backing Putin and his war, shutting down the Board of Education, adding to climate change, limiting LGBTQ rights, controlling the DOJ, keeping the minimum wage down, etc. etc. etc.. Any or all of it. It’s absolutely dumbfounding that this con man succeeded in pulling the wool over so many Americans eyes not once, but twice.”
