Now Williams, a popular recording artist, is threatening to take legal action for the use of his song. On Monday, his attorney Howard King issued a cease-and-desist letter to Trump, saying the use of “Happy” constituted copyright infringement and a trademark violation. “On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged ‘nationalist,’ you played his song ‘Happy’ to a crowd at a political event in Indiana,” the letter stated. using their songs in his 2000 presidential campaign (Sting also objected to Al Gore using a song), Fivethirtyeight reported. There are, however, still avenues for musicians to sue a campaign for using their songs at an event, according to ASCAP guidelines.

Source: Washington Post October 30, 2018 14:28 UTC