The Donald Sends Cease And Desist Threat To Band Over The Use Of His Name In Music And Video
from the drumpf dept
So, the political season is really starting to ramp up now, which means the insanity ramps up along with it. This particular go around in presidential politics has been particularly absurd, causing even those of us that try to view it all through the prism of entertainment to be more than a little frightened. Still, there can be no doubt that there has been an uptick in the engagement level of the American people, including from musical artists looking to provide commentary on American politics. Take this song and video released by music duo Fight Clvb, for instance. It's called Donald Trump and it is massively NSFW.
Not exactly William F. Buckley levels of political analysis or commentary there, but there's no provision for quality when it comes to expression. Still, Fight Clvb doesn't exactly have a massive following and that particular song of course will not be making it onto national airwaves anywhere. It's the kind of thing that has a niche audience that never really finds the masses.
Until, of course, Donald (f@#$ing) Trump decides to be his normally litigious self and sends out a cease and desist letter to the band over the use of his name and image in the video.
When you get that cease and desist from Donald Trump's attorney :/ Posted by Fight Clvb on Wednesday, February 24, 2016
If you'll all climb aboard, the Streisand Express is now leaving the station. Yes, rather than simply ignoring what would have been a narrowly viewed music video, His Donald-ness instead has decided to give those of us that cover intellectual property a reason to more widely disperse said music video as we cover his bullying ways. Trump is famously thin-skinned when it comes to anyone using his name or likeness in any way, of course, but the letter that was sent has me scratching my head. Trademark violation? I was unaware that Trump had entered into the music industry. If he hasn't, I'm unclear on where the common marketplace is between Fight Clvb and Donald Trump, nor am I clear on exactly how or where customers are going to be confused as to any of this. That the letter also claims infringement on Donald's other simply-named "rights" only adds to the confusion.
The music group, apparently, isn't going to play along.
Fight Clvb posted again yesterday, saying that they just got off the phone with legal counsel. Stating that the Cease & Desist is generally used as a scare tactic, Fight Clvb isn’t planning on following any of the orders of action at this time, opting instead to be rabble-rousers.I for one am of the opinion that opting to be a rabble-rouser is always the proper course to take. Still, I imagine the group is pleased to see a bit of the spotlight, all because Trump decided to send a threat letter rather than ignore a barely-legible bit of political commentary. Not exactly the kind of measured and informed thinking one would want in a president, I think.
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This is why we need The Donald
Look at it from this perspective... we might finally get some action out of congress trying to limit the powers of the president for a change and setting some precedents.
The rest of the candidates are every bit as bad or worse than Donald, the real problem here is that the "Establishment" seems to have very little control over him and that has a lot of people running around scared.
This is one hilarious election and is pretty much showing how stupid and ignorant everyone from the top down is in this Nation.
We created this fucking mess, lest enjoy the bed we all helped make!
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Trump is something different at least... voting for any of the others are literally doing the same thing as we always have and will send the message that politics as usual is just fucking fine.
Trump may be a terrible choice, but it sends a bigger message that says, we are sick of the bullshit, stop putting The Party before America.
Continuing to allow these parties to put up stooges for us will only lead to what it currently is... a country lead by a party and not by the people.
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Remain unconvinced. The specter of demise makes no attempt to explain itself nor convince any man.
We perish for our lack of knowledge and "The People" remain ignorant of and often reject their responsibilities to their Nation in favor of a party ideal and political expediency.
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So long as the US does NOT have wide open primaries with top 2 going to a general election the US will have flawed elections and politics. There are more than 2 parties in the US but due to the election structure and regulations the smaller parties' only effects are to siphon votes away from the 'main' candidates resulting in 'less-than-majority' rule. When we have elections that over 50% of the votes cast are for losing candidates and the winner has less than 49% of the vote something's wrong.
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After all, look how well this gamble worked for the Weimar Republic and Hitler.
It's the Nobel fallacy. You cannot go off the deep end far enough to buy yourself a return to sanity. It doesn't work. There is no limit to what humans will do for power.
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It's really funny how everyone likes to avoid calling the Socialists the Hitlers, but instead call the Non-Socialists the Hitlers.
Your argument is not even in the land of reality. I am all for playing the Godwin card but, that is a card best played against the anti 2nd amendment crowd because that is actually a part of the history.
Further more you will find far more people on the left trying to destroy the constitution than those on the right.
Something tells me you are one of those people that never learned from history!
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However, in most of the world, Hillary is considered a moderate conservative and Bernie is considered a conservative socialist.
As for the Hitler comparison, you're right: they would have done better with Mussolini, as Trump isn't going for a "master race" socialism (where the master race governs in a socialist manner, and everyone else is effectively their slave), but in a fascist manner, where everyone must agree with the (current) government.
And really... Trump might actually help in the long run; the free trade agreements that do an end-run around the constitution will happen with or without him; all the stuff he wants to do will get blocked by saner minds, who will then react to him by attempting to ensure that something like him never happens again.
This is different than Hitler, where he actually had wide support for his ideas prior to running for government -- not just in Germany, but also notably in the UK and the US. People in power at the time agreed with much of what he said, so excused much of what he did -- right up until they couldn't overlook it anymore.
Trump's point of "couldn't overlook it anymore" would come MUCH sooner, as his support doesn't come from the ruling elite, but from the working class. The ruling elite has indoctrinated the working class with a set of ideals, and Trump is the epitome of those ideals.
You reap what you sow. Maybe this will help them be a bit more conservative in what they sow in the future.
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Any of the folks up there could easily become a Hitler. People who like to think they know any politician on that level is crazy. Just about anyone will turn into a tyrant if you push the right buttons. This is why we have a separation of powers, to put in a stop against fucking idiots. If congress grew a spine we would be in much better shape, hell Trump might help grow that spine.
Mind you, I don't like any of the candidates, Trump just seems to be the best way to send a message to the Establishmentarians that we are sick of their shit!
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The "National Socialist German Workers' Party" was not by any means "socialist", ever. They adopted the name to mislead people like you for long enough to gain power, it apparently still works.
Anyone that thinks that the trump will do anything that does not benefit him directly needs to read his damn book and look at the deals we know he has spun and the people he has bankrupted in his wake.
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At the end of the day there are similarities & overlap between all political ideologies... you have been mislead!
Anyone that thinks any of these politicians will do anything that does not benefit them directly needs to have their own fucking heads examined! We are simply voting on the one that we think will have do the most self benefiting things that all benefit us the most. You must have a juvenile understanding of the world and humans if you are naive enough to think any of these candidate are not out for #1 here. You are bankrupt because you somehow believe that the rest are not as bad as trump when they all have varying degrees of insanity. It just so happens that Trump cannot be controlled and it scares the fucking shit out of people! And all of this from likely the same people that keep bitching about having puppets in leadership. You need some cheese... seriously!
There is not a single candidate standing on the stage that is presidential material but voting in Trump "Might" have the best and most positive outcomes due to what it means.
It is always the darkest before the dawn and people often need a serious kick in the face before they can figure out that something is terribly wrong. These days government has been slowly poisoning the system to the point where people like you run around thinking they know more than they do. It's called hubris and you all are so sure of what Trump is going to do, yet it would not shock me if Trump pulled a big "Ha, fooled you" out of his ass the moment he is elected.
Trump is the essential politician... he has flip flopped on all sorts of stuff and scares the shit out of the shadow players. This should be some very interesting times coming ahead of us.
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Confusing national socialism with socialism is the kind of political education Trump stands for. He also stands for a "Führer" cult and has repeatedly called himself a "leader" who will order FBI and NSA and his administration to ignore the Constitution and expressed his belief that they will obey orders to torture and kill without judicial basis.
Really, if you imagine that Trump's plans are fine as long as they don't carry "social" in their labels, your political education level is par for the U.S.
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Trump opposes Internet killing Trans Pacific Partnership
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(Party lines are fictions too)
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I have generally stopped consuming (eg: paying my hard earned money on the crap that Hollywood puts out) entertainment. None of my four kids have a phone or a tablet and our connection to the internet is content filtered to remove ads and other junk. Instead we walk trails, ride bikes for recreation. Being a "books first" family means that more often than not .. get this .. we also talk to each other instead of having their brains on an electronic pacifier. I want to my family to be a family as opposed to the dysfunctional ones often portrayed in junk you "investments" support.
We get our TV over the air like normal people, thank you very much, and most anything I would be interested in watching movie-wise can be found at our awesome library.
You sir, are a profiteering enabling leech on civilization and while I know that the critical mass of the population is clearly in your favor, I stand apart not as a pirate, but worse, I actively do not support.
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An answer to the age old-question
A: Yes. He always threatens to sue.
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Listen to my hilarious Donald Trump mashup using Donalds voice overs and old school samples and scratches
THE TRUMP PHENOMENON SONG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BySGXm_SpsY
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Was the C&D written in gold sharpie?
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This neologism has the Trump Seal of Approval (tm).
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PSA
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Fit's pretty well with how the Klan justifies itself.
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Great line.
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Counting the Streisand Express
Views: 33,261
Likes: 287
Dislikes: 38
Time to get some popcorn and see what happens to the counter.
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Bad music, bad lyrics
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The most notable aspect of the track and video though, is how effectively they captured Trumps arrogant and abusive nature, while also making certain he is the sole focus of the video. Virtually appeasing his unstoppable ego. An extremely simple and effective production. Nearly 35K plays. Brilliant.
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It's typical use is a slow, slightly moist fart that sounds like a damaged trumpet. With definite leftover pieces of stinky shit.
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isn't it obvious. According to modern culture the first rule of Fight Clvb is you NEVER talk about Fight Clvb
and according to Donald, the first rule in his head is you NEVER talk badly about Donald.
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Donald -(minus) His Money
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Cudos shall be yours
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By doing this, it guarantees Mr. Trump will add to the scope of his publicity. Just look at the impact here. Mr. Trump is not a typical point of discussion at techdirt.
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