MARK DICE: the campaign did indeed license the song "My Hero" from BMI's song view service because when a major band records a song, they no longer own that song; they sell the rights to the record label

Thank you to Mark Dice @ Lew Rockwell.   

Dave Grohl was upset about their song, "My Hero," 1997, saying that they didn't give the Trump campaign permission.  Then the Operation Mockingbird assets immediately amplified their anger, spreading fake news.  But claiming that the Foo Fighters did not give the Trump campaign to use their song at the rally.  Guess what?  It doesn't matter because the band members themselves have no say whatsoever about who buys licenses for their music. It took a foreign media outlet to do journalism and reached out to the Trump campaign and asked them if they did buy the license to the song, which, of course, they did.  The one at the Independent has seen the documents, they say, "appearing to confirm that the campaign did indeed license the song from BMI's song view service" because when a major band records a song, they no longer own that song; they sell the rights to the record label.  Then, the record label can do whatever they want with it, selling the rights to distributors and then the distributors sell licenses to people who could play the song publicly.  You actually do need a license for that.  And so, of course, the Trump campaign got the license.  Technically, the band didn't give permission to play the song, but guess what?  It doesn't matter.   

Keep this handy for that moment when Dave Grohl and the Foo Pfizers complain about Trump using their song, There Goes My Hero. Because you know they will. pic.twitter.com/HhzLdHxGuy

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