Metal band required the institutional content to be removed after the Defense Department to use a song without authorization
Metallic and the Defense Department of United States They entered a collision route last week. The situation occurred after the organ used, without permission, a band song in an institutional video.
The material was posted on the official profile of the American Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegsethin X (old Twitter). Was eventually removed at the request of Metallica’s lawyers (via Louder).
In the original video, the secretary promotes the new US Army Military Drones with the music with the music “ENTER SANDMAN”the largest hit in Metallica.
After intervention by the band’s lawyers, the original video was removed. Subsequently, the same institutional material aired, but already without music.
Defense Department manifests itself
The Department of Defense spoke out about the case through a spokesman:
“This afternoon, X representatives contacted the Defense Department about a video posted on our social media page and asked the video to be removed due to a copyright issue with music. ‘ENTER SANDMAN ‘from Metallic. The video was removed, corrected and resubmitted to our page. “
Metallica is not the only
This is not the first time that the president Donald Trump And members of your government have problems in improperly using the music of rock artists and pop in general.
Even in the three election campaigns in which he was candy in 2016, 2020 and 2024, current president had a clash with artists who accused him of appropriating songs without permission.
The list is large and includes names like Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Beatles, Beyoncé, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Elton John, Foo Figthers, Guns n ‘Roses, Aerosmith and others.
Other artists, such as Mick Jagger, Elvis Costello, Lord, Green Day and Blondiethey signed a letter requiring politicians to ask permission before using their music in rallies and advertising materials in general.
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Source: Rollingstone
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