Use of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" at Trump rally was "unauthorized," reps say

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Source: CBS News

Updated on: August 11, 2024 / 8:03 AM EDT


Representatives for Canadian singer Celine Dion stated Saturday that the use of her hit 1990s song "My Heart Will Go On" at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump was "unauthorized" and had not received her permission.

"And really, THAT song?" Dion's representatives asked cheekily in a statement posted to the singer's social media accounts.

A video clip of Dion performing the theme song from the 1997 movie "Titanic" was shown Friday night at a rally in Boseman, Montana, and has also been played at several previous Trump rallies.

According to the statement, her management team and record label, Sony Music Entertainment Canada, "became aware" Saturday "of the unauthorized usage of the video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion singing 'My Heart Will Go On' at a Donald Trump/JD Vance campaign rally in Montana." Representatives emphasized that in "no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/celine-dion-my-heart-will-go-on-trump-rally-unauthorized/

[Blue Owl]

1. Maybe Weird Al could make a parody version Dump could use

“My Fart Will Go On”

[onenote]

2. Using the song by itself probably would have been legit. But using the video requires additional rights.

The blanket licenses that venues and campaigns typically rely on when they play a copyrighted song during a campaign event doesn't cover the performance of a video containing the song.

[Lovie777]

3. shithole and comrades don't care............................

hell, they don't even pay their bills.

[twodogsbarking]

4. Sue him, again and again thousands of times. Payback.

[Grins]

5. Republicans do this every election year.

This is not a “first.” It seems every election R’s do this.

D’s have also done this, but caught by the artist, apologizes, asks for permission - and gets it.

With R’s, they ignore the demand to stop, so the artist involves lawyers and courts .

[IronLionZion]

6. His campaign probably has that sinking feeling

Full steam ahead into iceberg after iceberg

[ArkansasDemocrat1]

7. He's saving the lifeboats for his buddies and his luggage/secret files ...nt

[IronLionZion]

8. He hasn't been spending much campaign money

so those donations probably went straight into his offshore accounts