Warner Bros. Is Filing A Copyright Claim Over Trump's 2020 Video For Using The "Dark Knight Rises"
Source: BuzzFeed
Warner Bros. Is Filing A Copyright Claim Over Trump's 2020 Video For Using The "Dark Knight Rises" Score
President Donald Trump on Tuesday posted a video on Twitter that appeared to be part of his 2020 re-election campaign. In less than three hours it had already amassed over 1 million views, but it might not be up much longer.
BuzzFeed News has learned that Warner Bros. Pictures is filing a copyright infringement complaint to have the video taken down because it uses part of the score from the studio's 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises.
The roughly two-minute video juxtaposes brief shots of prominent Democrats from Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to comedians Rosie O'Donnell and Amy Schumer against images of Trump from his first two years in office, including his meetings with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and Brazil's far right president Jair Bolsonaro.
Dramatic text exclaims "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they call you racist." There is no spoken dialogue instead, a driving, dramatic score plays underneath everything, crescendoing just as Trump raises his fist into the air.
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Read more: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adambvary/donald-trump-the-dark-knight-rises-warner-bros
Trump ripped off the track "Why Do We Fall" from Hans Zimmer's score.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)Hey everybody, go grab a peek while you can. Leave a comment too if you wish...
keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)There should be a law that if someone uses your image/intellectual property without your permission, then you can use theirs to promote any cause you wish.
Reciprocity.
Harker
(14,022 posts)I'm not sure that can be quantified.
Trump rips off great artists, and they can use his image as compensation?
keithbvadu2
(36,823 posts)to promote any cause you wish.
If Trump did not ask, then there is no need to ask him.
Harker
(14,022 posts)but I wouldn't trade away any photo on my cellphone for anything he has.
He has nothing I want, and innumerable things that I don't want.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)has stopped him for ANYTHING
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Pure nasty propaganda.
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)I thought it was creepy and like something out of Clockwork Orange or 1984. It almost made me feel sick. It was like there was some Aural beat hypno crap in there telling me to follow the leader... I was being drawn to tRump and wanted to see if anyone else was being affected by it.
I had a beer and feel alright now...
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)The video is creepy AF.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Using the Batman theme for an infirm fatass who can barely walk. Now I've seen everything.
localroger
(3,627 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)would he be proud of his dealings with Kim Jong Un. Kim has made a monkey out of Trump, but Trump thinks he's been "the man" in that sordid relationship. They're "in love", remember.
area51
(11,910 posts)Usually when you hear about a candidate stealing music, it's a republican.
PeeJ52
(1,588 posts)Now, think of all the fines people have had to pay that pirated music for their own benefit, or even the ones that burned copies and sold them at flea markets and such. You know those ones that were making money off pirated music had to pay outrageous fines for copyright infringement. Again, think of how much money the tRump campaign brings in. Why he's now had over 2 million views!!! He must be taught a lesson just as those others who infringe upon copyrights. The tRump for pResident campaign should probably be fined the largest amount ever as they undoubtedly will be raking in the most money for their campaign. No one is above the law. Especially copyright law. That's some serious shit there....
raging moderate
(4,305 posts)The impudent ignorance is strong in this crowd.
Capt. America
(2,477 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Paladin
(28,264 posts)I want him to go down in flames, preferably this week.