A federal judge has ruled that former US President Donald Trump and his campaign must stop using the song “Hold On, I’m Coming.”
The decision came after the estate of late R&B artist and songwriter Isaac Hayes sought an emergency injunction to block the Trump campaign from using the song at campaign events, claiming the campaign did not have approval.
Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. made the ruling in Atlanta on Tuesday (3). He denied a motion by Hayes’ estate to force the Trump campaign to remove any previously recorded uses of the song.
Ronald Coleman, a Trump lawyer, told media after the hearing that “the campaign has no interest in upsetting or hurting anyone. And if the Hayes family feels that this hurts or upsets them, that’s fine, we’re not going to force the issue.”
Hayes died in 2008 at the age of 65 after suffering a stroke. The 1966 song, co-written by Hayes and David Porter, was performed by Sam Moore and Dave Prater, who were known professionally as the duo Sam & Dave. Prater died in 1988. CNN has reached out to a representative for Moore for comment.
According to court documents obtained by CNN attorneys for the estate claimed that the campaign failed to “obtain a valid public performance license” and sought “compensatory damages for the unauthorized use” of Hayes’ music.
“We are very grateful and happy for Judge Thrash’s decision,” Isaac Hayes III said after the hearing. “I want this to serve as an opportunity for other artists to speak out if they do not want their music used by Donald Trump or other political entities.”
The estate is the first to end up in court over complaints about Trump and his campaign allegedly using a song they did not properly license, but other artists have complained.
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