Ben Affleck and Matt Damon aren’t too comfortable proper now after Donald Trump used an audio clip from their new film to lift some money for his presidential marketing campaign!
Just days after a federal grand jury indicted him on fees associated to his dealing with of labeled paperwork, the 76-year-old posted a two-minute video to his Truth Social community on Saturday. And in it, he included clips from his political profession whereas Matt’s monologue from the film Air performed within the background. For those that don’t know, Matt portrays Nike gross sales consultant Sonny Vaccaro within the movie in regards to the creation of the Air Jordan model. At one level within the film, he delivers this large speech in an effort to get Michael Jordan to signal with the shoe model. Ch-ch-check it out (under):
Trump is now chopping internet movies w/ Matt Damon’s Air monologue as narration… pic.twitter.com/cBMBOaUr0Q
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) June 10, 2023
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But on this case, Trump is asking for folks to donate cash to his marketing campaign. Well, it seems he didn’t have permission to make use of the scene from the film within the fundraising video. And Artists Equity – the corporate co-founded by Ben and Matt and produced Air – wasn’t going to this matter slide! They launched an announcement condemning Trump’s utilization of the monologue, saying:
“We had no foreknowledge of, did not consent to and do not endorse or approve any footage or audio from Air being repurposed by the Trump campaign as a political advertisement or for any other use.”
Artists Equity continued, noting that they forbid Trump from utilizing their materials:
“Specifically in terms of any & all rights available to us under U.S. copyright and intellectual property law, we hereby, expressly give notice that in the case of any use of material from Air by the Trump campaign where approval or consent is required, we do not grant such consent.”
His response to Matt and Ben? Well, have a look for your self at what Axios reporter Alex Thompson obtained from Trump’s marketing campaign spokesperson:
I despatched Artist Equity’s assertion to a Trump marketing campaign spokesperson.
This was their response: pic.twitter.com/22cYQ5rwRH— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) June 10, 2023
Just no phrases…
It is not any secret that Trump has an extended historical past of utilizing folks’s work with out their approval whereas on the marketing campaign path. Artists just like the Rolling Stones, Queen, Neil Young, Pharrell Williams, Rihanna, and extra have blasted him for enjoying their music at his rallies. But you’d assume with the entire authorized troubles Trump is dealing with proper now, he wouldn’t need to additionally cope with copyright infringement! Despite Artists Equity’s disapproval, although, the video nonetheless stays up on the location at the moment.
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