Donald Trump Campaign Deletes Video Using "Freedom" After Beyoncé Cease-and-Desist Threat | THR News Video
Donald Trump is taking a shot at Vice President Kamala Harris, by using Beyonce's song. Trump's spokesperson Steven Cheung seemed took aim at the Democratic rival in the 2024 election by using her campaign song, Beyoncé's "Freedom," in a social media post. Despite concerns raised in the comments about potential copyright infringement, the video remained online until Tuesday night, before being removed from the platform. It's been reported that Beyoncé's team threatened to send a cease-and-desist to the Trump campaign over the use of the song, which it reportedly did not receive permission for.
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00:00Donald Trump is taking a shot at Vice President Kamala Harris by using Beyonce.
00:04Trump spokesperson Stephen Chung seemed to take aim at the Democratic rival in the 2024 election
00:10by using her campaign song, Beyonce's Freedom, in a social media post.
00:14The video shows Trump walking off his plane in Michigan for a campaign event,
00:18with Freedom playing in the background as Trump raises his fists in the air.
00:22Despite concerns raised in the comments about potential copyright infringement,
00:26the video remained online until Tuesday night before being removed from the platform.
00:30It's been reported that Beyonce's team threatened to send a cease-and-desist
00:34to the Trump campaign over the use of the song,
00:36which it reportedly did not receive permission to use.
00:39In July, Harris received quick approval from Beyonce's team to use Freedom from
00:43her 2016 album Lemonade as part of her presidential campaign.
00:47Elsewhere, all eyes are on night four of the 2024 Democratic National Convention
00:59ahead of Harris' acceptance speech.
01:01Pink is set to perform for the big night,
01:02where the Democratic candidate is set to take the stage.
01:05The singer follows several other artists who have performed on previous nights in Chicago,
01:09including Lil Jon, Maren Morris and John Legend.
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