A New York judge has declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed against Donald Trump by singer-songwriter Eddy Grant, over the former president’s use of the artist’s hit song “Electric Avenue” in a campaign video last year.
Trump’s attorneys had asked the judge to throw out Grant’s lawsuit, arguing that the campaign’s use of “Electric Avenue” in a Twitter video — “alongside out-of-context excerpts from Joe Biden’s past speeches and interviews” — was covered by the “fair use” principle of U.S. copyright law, according to Complete Music Update.
Twitter subsequently removed the video in response to a complaint from Grant.
