Rock duo White Stripes have dropped their lawsuit against Donald Trump for using their hit song Seven Nation Army in a campaign post days after his lopsided election victory.
Band members Jack and Meg White accused Trump and his presidential campaign of copyright infringement for playing the song’s iconic opening riff over a video of Trump boarding a plane for campaign stops in Michigan and Wisconsin.
Jack White shared the lawsuit on Instagram in September, saying, “This machine sues fascists.”
However, a Nov. 10 court filing shows the band dismissed the case without prejudice, meaning they could try to sue again, after Trump won his second term in a landslide election.
Rock duo White Stripes (pictured) have dropped their lawsuit against Donald Trump for using their hit song Seven Nation Army.
Band members Jack and Meg White have accused Trump and his presidential campaign of copyright infringement for playing the song’s iconic opening riff in a video.
DailyMail.com contacted President-elect Trump’s lawyer and a lawyer for the White Stripes said they could not comment.
Shortly after Trump staffer Margo McAtee shared the video, which has since been deleted, to X on August 29, Jack criticized the presidential candidate for using his song.
‘Oh… Don’t even think about using my music, fascists. Lawsuit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to the other 5 thousand).
‘Have a great day at work today Margo Martin. And while I’m here, fuck me double, DonOLD, for insulting our nation’s veterans in Arlington, you scum.
“You should immediately lose the vote of all military families if ANYTHING makes sense,” Jack wrote.
The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan federal court, says the band also objected to Trump’s use of the song because members Jack and Meg “vehemently oppose the policies adopted and actions taken by defendant Trump when was president and those he proposed for the future. second term he seeks.’
Several prominent musicians have previously criticized Trump for using their songs at rallies.
In October, singer Rufus Wainwright’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’ from the Shrek 2 soundtrack was played at a Trump town hall.
An Atlanta judge ordered Trump and his campaign to stop using the song ‘Hold on, I’m Coming’ co-written by Isaac Hayes Jr. (pictured)
Wainwright condemned Trump and confirmed that Cohen’s estate’s publisher sent a cease-and-desist letter to the campaign.
In September, an Atlanta judge ordered Trump and his campaign to stop using the song ‘Hold on, I’m Coming’ after the family of one of the song’s co-writers filed a lawsuit against the former president for his use.
The estate of singer-songwriter Isaac Hayes Jr. filed a lawsuit last month alleging that Trump, his campaign and several of his allies had infringed his copyright and should pay damages.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash ruled that Trump must stop using the song, but denied a request to force the campaign to remove any existing videos that include the song.