R.E.M. Copyright Complaint Gets Trump Tweet Axed by Twitter

[Eugene]

Source: Gizmodo

R.E.M. Copyright Complaint Gets Trump Tweet Axed by Twitter


Tom McKay
Today 1:45pm Filed to: OUR GARBAGE PRESIDENT



Apparently even Donald Trump is not immune to copyright takedowns. On Friday, the president tweeted a mocking video playing R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts” over Democrats’ reaction to the State of the Union—originally created by some dude using the pseudonym “Carpe Donktum” and best known for winning an Infowars meme contest. By early Saturday ET, CNBC reported, the video was taken down after R.E.M. publisher Universal Music Publishing Group, as well as bassist Mike Mills, complained.

Yes, that’s right. Trump and R.E.M. got in a fight and R.E.M. won.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

By late Friday, CNBC wrote, Twitter users attempting to play the clip saw a message stating, “This video has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder.” The tweet itself (which the president had pinned to the top of his feed) appears to have been deleted at some point thereafter.

As CNBC wrote, this is not the first time the president has had a dispute with a copyright holder—he’s previously had The Rolling Stones complain about his use of their music at campaign rallies, as well as ripped off Game of Thrones’s signature catchphrase (and font):

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[Blue Owl]

1. PSSSST Donnie -- it's not working...

You're not popular, and you never will be...

[Initech]

2. Carpe Donktum? WTF does that even mean? Is that code for something?

[TreasonousBastard]

3. Not what. Who...

https://www.youtube.com/user/Carpedonktum

[blogslut]

4. He deleted it then retweeted it again, but this time with that awful Lee Greenwood song

Not gonna link it or explore whether or not the carpewhatever guy was forced to take down his "creation".

lol

[SCVDem]

6. I am NOT

Proud to be an American under this pos asswipe!

[dlk]

5. Trump Also Ripped Off Hillary's Campaign Slogan in a Tweet

Apparently, he still hasn’t recovered from Hillary’s winning millions more votes.

[pazzyanne]

7. Maybe he thinks that Hillary's campaign slogan was better than his?

Too bad Orange Tot does not realize that a slogan without work DOES. NOT. WORK!

[SeattleVet]

10. He also ripped off the 1968 Democratic slogan, then claimed *he* was a victim:

"Promises Made, Promises Kept"

[fascisthunter]

8. What a Pathetic Loser this rich brat is

He would never have survived the streets nor war as a soldier. He’s a pathetic loser and fraud I will hang this around every right wing loser’s neck forever. YOU ARE NOTHING! Feel that last gasp for air? it’s you drowning in your own fuck up filth that you created in your sick heads, and all of us (black, white, poor, middle class, Hispanic, Asian, lbgt, etc) will be pissing down on you, just as you tried and failed to do to us. We are the MAJORITY... you lost democratically and will lose trying to take over this government and nation once and for all. Once the dust settles, you fuckers with money, you pieces of shit trolls working for them, will be next. You fucking traitors will suffer long and hard, so God help you.

[oldsoftie]

9. Mills grew up in my area. Brought R.E.M. here for a show a couple times.

Back when they were WAY bigger than what we could usually get!

[MountCleaners]

11. Righteous!

Love these guys. RWNJs should know better than to use an R.E.M. song, even if it is (IMO) their worst song and easily mocked. Still...I mean why don't these folks get that many, many musicians LOATHE the Tangerine Tyrant?

[Chemisse]

12. So glad he was prevented from turning this lovely song into a bully's taunt.

I'm also happy he was told 'no' again.

I expect we'll see a lot of that as his 'emergency' goes through the courts.