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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Laura Snapes

Donald Trump loses legal fight over using Eddy Grant song without permission

Eddy Grant performing in Montreux, Switzerland, in 2008.
Eddy Grant performing in Montreux, Switzerland, in 2008. Photograph: Jean-Christophe Bott/AP

Donald Trump has lost a legal battle with the singer Eddy Grant over using his 1983 song Electric Avenue in a 2020 ad without permission.

The 40-second clip – an animation of Joe Biden travelling in a railroad cart while a Trump-Pence campaign train passes at high speed – was viewed more than 13.7m times on Twitter before it was removed, according to Grant’s lawsuit.

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