After several warnings, the duo, separated 13 years ago, is reuniting to take legal action.
After threatening to take legal action against the “fascist” Donald Trump last month for using the classic “Seven Nation Army” of The White Stripes in campaign videos on social media, Jack White He kept his word.
He and his bandmate Meg White sued the Republican presidential candidate and related parties in the U.S. District Court for Southern New York for copyright infringement on Monday.
Documents obtained by TheWrap cite attempts by the Trump re-election campaign to “burnish Defendant Trump’s public image and generate financial and other support for his campaign and candidacy behind Plaintiffs’ backs, whose permission and endorsement he neither sought nor obtained in violation of his rights under federal copyright law.”
“This machine is suing the fascists”Jack White wrote on Instagram on Monday, posting a screenshot of the lawsuit on his profile.
The White Stripes’ lawsuit against Donald Trump
The White Stripes’ lawsuit also named the Trump campaign and its deputy communications director, Margo Martin, alleging that the defendants “chose to ignore and fail to respond to Plaintiffs’ pre-litigation efforts to resolve the issues at issue in this action, leaving Plaintiffs with no choice but to seek judicial relief to hold Defendants accountable.”
The lawsuit specifically cited a video posted on the campaign’s social media channels. on X and Instagram of Trump boarding a plane with the slogan “President @realDonaldTrump departs for Michigan and Wisconsin!” The “highly distinctive and instantly recognizable introductory riff” of “Seven Nation Army” accompanied the clip.
“The new association with Defendant Trump that Defendants have forced upon Plaintiffs through the infringing Trump Videos is all the more offensive to Plaintiffs because Plaintiffs vehemently oppose the policies and actions Defendant Trump adopted when he was President and those he has proposed for his second term in office,” the complaint reads.
Jack and Meg White demand a jury trial to address the charges and that they be “awarded all damages suffered and any benefits or gains enjoyed” from Trump’s use of their song.
Source: Ambito
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