Entertainment & Sports
Oct. 15, 2015
Will Trump's political soundtrack play on?
A dust-up between Steven Tyler and Donald Trump is raising questions about how blanket licenses for public performance are contributing to the continuing conflicts over how politicians use songs at campaign events.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Legal clashes betweenmusical artists and politicians oversongsused in political campaigns date back to the Reagan era, butthe latest dust-up between Steven Tyler and Donald Trump is raising bigger questions about how blanket licenses for public performance are contributing to the continuing conflicts.
Trump has been playing Aerosmith's "Dream On" at recent campaign events and frontman Tyler isn't happy about it - so much so that ...
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