Posted on 10/31/2018 1:18:53 AM PDT by JonnyFive
Pharrell Williams isn’t happy President Trump played the singer’s upbeat song at a rally Saturday just hours after a gunman killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
Williams’ lawyer Howard King sent a cease-and-desist letter to Trump Monday that said the singer did not grant the president’s team permission to use the song “Happy” at Saturday’s rally in Illinois. King said playing the hit song when nearly a dozen people were murdered at a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier in the day was distasteful.
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The song “Happy” caused the killing?
The new me can’t comment on this
I still say we need an R rated version of FR somewhere, where we can post our true feelings about folks like this in the manner we would in real life :)
But I’ll be happy with the family version :)
Can one own a song one has plagiarized? Perhaps Trump should license “Ain’t That Peculiar” instead and demand his licensing fee back from the thieving Mr. Williams.
You gave him permission when you signed the ASCAP agreement.
Hope you're 'Happy' now.
But,love the hat!
All true. The Donald (His org actually) has paid the licensing fees
The Rolling Stones were protesting too....lol.... over Trumps (org) use of You Can’t Always Get What You Want
The Rolling Stones were protesting too....lol.... over Trumps (org) use of You Can’t Always Get What You Want
And unlike politicians, who would just quietly pull the song, Trump has no problem telling them "Screw You, I purchased the rights to it, it stays, sue me if you want, but you'll lose and I'll go after you for court costs to boot." he did it several times during the 2016 campaign.
This lawyer is out there for display and for faggy big hat PH’s twitter Instagram hits
I am saying that Trump knows this bizzzzz and will play any music he has paid for in advance. So this “BOTTOM” phag Farrel is owned by DJT.
You get it!
The idiot may not have given his permission, but I’d wager that he gave another entity power to grant it and that entity has done so....Trump is too savvy to use “pirated” anything as he works for We The People....
Precisely! And we like how the Trump org is taking from these lefty chumps. They sold out for some quick bucks to buy drugs and whores male - female whatever,
Dumbass. Having “Happy” played at a Trump rally means this losers song has never had so much exposure. Burger flipping was probably right around the corner. Now he can afford to pay his rent. Stupid butt.
Phuck u Pharrelll
He must look in the mirror and see Marvin Gaye or Luther Vandross.
>>King said playing the hit song when nearly a dozen people were murdered at a Pittsburgh synagogue earlier in the day was distasteful.
was it played on radio, youtube, spotify, or elsewhere that day?
Was Pharrell upset when Barack Obama presaged his remarks on the Fort Hood known wolf Islamic terrorist attack with some shout outs for the hosts of the political event he’d just attended?
What a petty little man.
I wish he would cease and desist. I hate that song.
Right you are. The venues that Trump holds the rallies at also very likely have ASCAP, BMI and SESAC licenses, so the artist really can't do much about it other than request he stop.
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