Since he began campaigning for President and lengthy thereafter, musicians have been disapproving Donald Trump utilizing their music at rallies. Rihanna despatched Trump a stop & desist; Neil Young stated that Trump wasn’t approved to make use of “Rockin’ within the Free World,” to which Trump’s staff basically responded with a “too dangerous”; Adele, The Rolling Stones, Pharrell Williams, Queen, and extra have additionally expressed disapproval over Trump utilizing their music.
While Trump’s staff responded to those musicians in a range methods, plainly even the President is just not resistant to Twitter copyright takedowns. Gizmodo studies that, on Friday, “the president tweeted a mocking video taking part in R.E.M.’s ‘Everybody Hurts’ over Democrats’ response to the State the Union—initially created by some dude utilizing the pseudonym “Carpe Donktum”and finest recognized for successful an Infowars meme contest. By early Saturday ET, CNBC reported, the video was taken down after R.E.M. writer Universal Music Publishing Group, in addition to bassist Mike Mills, complained.”
This is just not the primary time that Trump has had content material eliminated by Twitter, however it's actually a victory for the musical neighborhood opposing his presidency.
As for Carpe Donktum who created the video…
Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Rawr Rawr Rawr.
Copyrighted materials will get used all of the Time on the web. REM has monetized each video on YouTube the place I take advantage of their music… This tweet will really MAKE them cash. As to Twitter… they'll have all the $zero I make on it.
— Carpe Donktum? (@CarpeDonktum) February 15, 2019
Twitter censoring you Mr. President? I bought you fam. pic.twitter.com/jrrDBZRlCe
— Carpe Donktum? (@CarpeDonktum) February 16, 2019