Federal court is requiring Trump to appear for an hearing over copyright infringement against the estate of Isaac Hayes

[Dennis Donovan]

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Sarah Reese Jones
A federal court is requiring Trump to appear for an emergency hearing over his alleged copyright infringement against the estate of Isaac Hayes.

The Isaac Hayes Estate Granted Emergency Hearing In Lawsuit Against Trump

A federal court is requiring Trump to appear for an emergency hearing over his alleged copyright infringement against the estate of Isaac Hayes.

Isaac Hayes III posted:

🚨Breaking 🚨The Federal Court has granted our request for an Emergency Hearing to secure injunctive relief.

Donald Trump, Donald Trump, the RNC, Trump, Trump for President Inc. 2024, Turning Point and The NRA are required to appear in court September 3rd, 2024 at the Northern U.S. District Federal Court in Atlanta.

See you in court.

/snip

[orthoclad]

1. Can artists file a class-action suit

about his many, many copyright infringements?

He thinks copyrights are his playground. After all, didn't China give Ivanka about 60 copyrights in 2017?

[haele]

10. Trademarks, not copyrights.

Means she may get some sort of residual for the trademark use of her name, logo, or image, but there's a few legal use rules that are different.

A trademark stylized X used by a particular company or a trademarked term like "Good to the Last Drop aren't protected by Copyright. They are treated as legal representation for advertising purposes.

So, a comedian can use the trademark term "good to the last drop" in a punchline on national TV or in a movie without having to get permission to the parent company of Maxwell House Coffee.

But an artist or designer holds the copyright to their creation, and there's legal processes for the use of their creation by outside entities to promote someone or something, or to make money off that creation, or for someone else to claim it as their own creation.

Haele

[CaptainTruth]

12. Ivanka registered trademarks, not copyrights, which is not unusual.

I worked in IP licensing for a couple decades, managing corporate IP (patents, trademarks, copyrights) licensing & we routinely registered our trademarks in China, including for products we didn't make, because that prevented Chinese companies from using our name on those products. It's common for companies that license their trademarks globally to do that.

[ProfessorGAC]

24. Our Company Did That

They trademarked every product & variants in China, although 5 divisions were unlikely ever to be made in China or sold into those far east markets.
It was done for the very reason you described.

[LisaM]

37. You kind of have to do that in a China to protect your marks.

There are a lot of trademark squatters in China who register other company's marks and it's onerous to remove them.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Our Company Went So Far As...

...not competing in markets requiring reactions governed by our trade secrets, because there's no way to keep is secret there.
There were a few tricks we did in the chemistries we did practice but the risk of letting those tricks leave our sites was moderate, at most.
I don't think any intellectual property is safe in China.

[CaptainTruth]

47. You're 100% right. Been there, done that. Thankfully I had attorneys & staff to deal with that. I didn't envy them.

[CaptainTruth]

46. Thanks for the confirmation, I've been amazed at how much backlash I've gotten for saying that...

...all from people who've never worked a day in IP licensing with no experience in IP law & how it all works in the modern world.

We licensed technology patents & trademarks, I guarantee you have our tech in your PC/Mac, phone, TV, laptop, tablet, & probably more. Whatever you're using to read this message, our tech is in it. I'm sure you're familiar with COGS (class of goods & services). We didn't make clothing but through our China office we arranged to have some T-shirts made & sold in China, so that we could register our TMs there in the clothing COGS (or the Chinese equivalent) so that no Chinese company could make clothing using our trademarked name. That's just one example, it was normal to have registrations in dozens of COGS for products we didn't make (defensive registrations). If you're serious about protecting your IP, that's what you do. And I'm sure you know about the cases where a company didn't actively police & defend their IP & courts ruled that they had allowed it to become generic.

[orthoclad]

33. I stand corrected.

[legallyblondeNYC]

51. Not a class action.

Each individual artist was specifically harmed at different events, times, dates, etc. So, we're looking at a pattern of behavior that is repeated. But they weren't all harmed in exactly the same way (like stock fraud).

[orthoclad]

53. Could they still take coordinated legal action?

Stronger together

[Walleye]

2. I missed that, which song did he steal this time?

Oh no, I see “hold on I’m coming”. I was really offended by that one. The man is an abomination.

[LeftInTX]

32. That song was released on Stax records.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stax_Records

Much of their catalog has been sold etc. Checkered history of takeovers etc.

I have no idea WHO owns the rights to their music, because it has been bought several times.

It looks like Hayes may have signed on to the new label, so maybe he's in luck! (But then, I heard that all of their old music was lost to investors)

[Walleye]

34. Seems like it might violate campaign finance contributions somehow

[LeftInTX]

36. Free use/ domain/ bulk buys do not violate campaign finance laws. (It's not campaign finance)

It would be rather he paid to use the song and was he required to pay etc. The same licensing requirements apply to the NBA etc. It's not campaign laws, it's just licensing. Often times, it's the venue that pays and not the campaign.

Stax is R n B: Sam and Dave. Otis Redding. Staple Singers, Booker T and the MGs, (I think a few Aretha Franklin)

[Walleye]

40. I love all those artists, my college roommate had an Otis Redding album that I played the grooves off of

[LeftInTX]

44. Much of Stax music was featured in Blues Brothers. Most of the Blues Brothers artists were former Stax musicians.

The music in the mall is a fusion of an Otis Redding tune and Booker T. I believe one of the Blues Brothers was with Booker T and the MGs.

[Walleye]

45. I still love the Booker T and MG sound

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

55. Steve Cropper, Donald "Duck" Dunn and Willie Hall

were all members of Booker T and the M.G.s as well as the Blues Brothers band (in the movie and, I think, on tour).

[Brother Buzz]

59. Before the album (A Briefcase full of Blues), and the film, the Blues Brothers made their debut appearance on SNL...

They performed Isaac Hayes' smash hit, "Soul Man".

Arguably the best SNL Cold Opener.... EVER

[LeftInTX]

60. You hear a combination of Otis Redding's "Cant' Turn You Lose" and Booker T's "Time is Tight" in the Blues Bros version

Can't hear "Time is Tight" too well in the background, but in the car chase movie scene, you can hear it quite well. You hear the organ going on the the background with the Booker T riff....

First time I saw the movie: "This sounds like Booker T and the MG's", but I couldn't place it because it was something else.

[Brother Buzz]

66. Ah, but Jake and Elwood performed Isaac Hayes' Soul Man" in the SNL Cold Opener

Curiously, Steve Cropper initially recruited Isaac Hayes as a replacement session keyboardist because Booker T. Jones was leaving for college. Turned out, Booker T continued to do Stax session work on weekends while in college.

Things really took off when the sage, Cropper, paired Isaac Hayes with David Porter and cut them loose.

[Momma]

61. This interview explains some of that

[LeftInTX]

67. Thanks for this!

[Evolve Dammit]

49. Sam and Dave would agree

[werdna]

3. Shaft Attack!

Shaft rises from the dead to defend his creator!

[Walleye]

35. That's funny, you know he would never use the song from Shaft

Way too funky for his audience

[Evolve Dammit]

50. One of my all-time favorites

[Walleye]

52. Same here

[QED]

4. "I had nothing to do with that."

He'll probably say this - and it may actually be true. One of his staffers may have chosen the song. But it would be on his behalf so yeah, it's on him.

[birdographer]

6. Clearly not the staffer who selected

"Send in the Clowns" and the Titanic theme song for a later hate rally he held...

[soldierant]

26. "Respondeat superior"

[lindysalsagal]

5. "Hold on, I'm coming" song he's not supposed to be using.

Fabulous.

[Dave Bowman]

23. I'm coming?

Yuck, I threw up in my mouth a little.

[magicarpet]

39. Why that's what JD Vance said to the couch.

[PJMcK]

62. Pink has a song

“Blow Me”

[irisblue]

7. From IsaacHayes3 twitter

Link to tweet

🚨Breaking 🚨The Federal Court has granted our request for an Emergency Hearing to secure injunctive relief.

Donald Trump,
@realdonaldtrump
, the RNC, Trump, Trump for President Inc. 2024, Turning Point and The NRA are required to appear in court September 3rd, 2024 at the Northern U.S. District Federal Court in Atlanta.

See you in court.

[ShazzieB]

22. That's quite a cast of characters.

Donald Trump, @realdonaldtrump, the RNC, Trump, Trump for President Inc. 2024, Turning Point, and The NRA are required to appear in court

I presume this actually means "lawyers representing each of those entities" are required to appear, but it sounds like a crowded courtroom either way.

Shame on all of them for disregarding the wishes of the Hayes estate.

[GiqueCee]

8. Hang the evil SOB by his gonads...

... figuratively speaking, of course. This courtroom appearance might provide the Orange Gargoyle with a perfect opportunity to tank his chances of winning once and for all. He is incapable of keeping his fat, racist mouth shut, and stealing from a deceased black artist means nothing to him. Here's hoping he fucks himself royally.
His musical choices are pretty much limited to Kid Rock, Lee Greenwood, and Ted Nugent. Nugent wrote a song years ago called "Jailbait". That would be perfect for Trumpleforeskin.

[11 Bravo]

9. Trump has gonads?

Who knew?

[GiqueCee]

11. That's why I said...

... "figuratively speaking"!

[rubbersole]

15. He has a figure?

Pear shape. No offense to pears.

[GiqueCee]

38. HA!

[Dave Bowman]

29. I wonder if they also look like mushrooms?

[orthoclad]

56. So do jellyfish, no biggie (grin)

[Wonder Why]

18. Isaac Hayes wrote "Hang the evil SOB by his gonads"? WOW!

[BattleRow]

19. I hope they

"royalty " screw him..

[Walleye]

31. They don't seem to have any artistic talent on their side. So they have to steal, especially from Black people,

He has no respect for them

[onecaliberal]

13. He is a convicted felon, not supposed to continue to break the law.

Someone throw this rotting corpse behind bars already.

[Dave Bowman]

28. "throw this rotting corpse behind bars"

Or dump it in Central Park. What's good for the bear is good for the gander.

[Botany]

14. Good God in Butter does he look like he died and they haven't closed the casket lid.

Donny’s September dance card as per court dates is getting “all full up.”

He already has something on the 5th and then a sentencing hearing for his 34
felonies in the middle of the month, and don’t be surprised when T-Swizzle sues
his ass for the unauthorized use of her picture.



So Donny is on the hood for 83 million to E. Jean Carroll, something like 350 million
to New York State, and now this.

[Deuxcents]

16. Here's hoping the other artists follow with their lawsuits, too.

[iluvtennis]

17. Isaac Hayes wrote it. Sam and Dave sung it...

I remember my parents playing the 45 on the phonograph.

[wryter2000]

27. I love that song

I've danced to it many times.

[Trueblue1968]

20. Dirty Diaper, DON The Con will lose and we will have to pay Attorney Fees for Estate of Issac Hayes !!!!!!!!!!!

[wryter2000]

21. Well done

[malaise]

25. Hold on

He’s coming.

Effin brazen racist stealing black music - the entitled convicted felon just takes what he wants

Great news

[Dave Bowman]

30. +1

[BoRaGard]

41. Free clue for republicons: Stealing is wrong.

There's even a whole bunch of stuff about that in the Bible. You should check it out.

[John Shaft]

43. The Estate of Isaac Hayes

is a bad mutha . . .

[Stinky The Clown]

48. Pay your debts, you SLIMEBALL MOTRHERFUCKER

Yeah

I'm shouting

[Joinfortmill]

54. He doesn't look good.

[summer_in_TX]

57. Go get 'im, Judge! What a scofflaw. He badly needs to get his comeuppance.

Beyoncé agreed to allow Kamala to use her song. Don't you know that every single song she uses in her campaigning is only used with permission from the artist or copyright holder? After all, her husband is a copyright attorney.

[onenote]

58. Unlikely that the judge has ordered trump to appear personally

More likely the named defendants are being instructed to appear through counsel. Posting the actual order might clarify what the order requires.

[Crowman2009]

63. Not just Shaft, bail bondsman Truck Turner is coming after him as well!

Yep, that's Nichelle Nichols as the main villain.

[AllyCat]

64. While this is great, where is AG on his violation of the Logan Act?

I keep waiting to see news of that. Clear violation. Just as this appears to be.

[Initech]

65. I always love when MAGA gets told not to use a song!

But do they ever learn? No.