Attorneys For Donald Trump And Eddy Grant Wrangle In Court Hearing Over Use Of ‘Electric Avenue’ In 2020 Campaign Video
deadline.comA federal judge in New York sounded skeptical on Friday that Donald Trump was not legally liable for using Eddy Grant‘s 1983 hit song, “Electric Avenue,” in a 2020 campaign video without the artist’s permission.
The judge, John G. Koeltl, did not decide whether Trump violated Grant’s copyright when he posted an animated clip on Twitter mocking his opponent, Joe Biden, to the strains of “Electric Avenue.” But in a 90-minute court hearing in downtown Manhattan, Koeltl grilled Trump’s lawyer, Jesse R.
Binnall, at length and interrupted often as Binnall tried to make his case. Grant’s lawyer, Robert W. Clarida, got a shorter and lighter interrogation by comparison.
But the judge also questioned whether all of Grant’s claims against the former president and current Republican nominee are valid.
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