Pink Floyd's Roger Waters launched an attack on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg as he revealed he turned down 'a huge amount of money' for the rights to use one of the band's songs in an Instagram ad. Speaking at a pro-Julian Assange event in New York City on Thursday, Waters showed reporters a request from Facebook for the rights to use Pink Floyd's 1979 song Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2). 'It’s a request for the rights to use my song Another Brick in the Wall (2) in the making of a film to promote Instagram,' Waters said to laughs from the audience. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters (left) said he had turned down an offer for a 'huge amount of money' from Facebook for rights to use the song Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) in an ad for Instagram. Pink Floyd's Waters said he would not allow his works to be used to make the social media giant more powerful than it already is.

Source: Daily Mail June 15, 2021 17:39 UTC