'Not OK': Neil Young denounces the use of his songs at Trump's Mount Rushmore event

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young complained after at least two of his songs were played at President Donald Trump's Independence Day event on Friday at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.

The official Twitter account of Young shared videos of songs "Rockin' in the Free World" and "Like a Hurricane" being played at the venue.

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In response to one video, Young wrote: "This is NOT ok with me." He later tweeted, "I stand in solidarity with the Lakota Sioux," referring to Native American protestors who blocked the road leading up to Mount Rushmore and faced off with the National Guard in the hours before Trump's speech.

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Protesters who were gathered outside the Independence Day event on Friday held signs that read "You Are On Stolen Land" and "Protect SoDak's First People," referencing the region where Mount Rushmore is located — Black Hills — as an area that is sacred for Native Americans, particularly the Lakota Sioux.

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[Bev54]

1. Didn't Neil just recently become a US citizen

so he could vote?

[lettucebe]

2. Why do they NEVER get permission to use copyrighted songs? Explain how this isn't an infringement

on the artist's rights? I just do not understand how this is allowed to happen time after time