Twitter took down another Trump video because of a copyright claim from the band Linkin Park:
Twitter has blocked a pro-Trump video retweeted by the president after rock band Linkin Park, whose music was used in the footage, demanded the clip be taken down. The move didn’t sit well with Donald Trump’s supporters. pic.twitter.com/e45dFbzOY4
— Hashim (@Hashim38017372) July 19, 2020
From Sky News:
Mr Trump had retweeted a campaign-style video posted by the White House’s director of social media, Dan Scavino.
It was taken down after a Digital Millennium Copyright Act notice was issued by Machine Shop Entertainment. A notice was posted on the Lumen Database, which collects requests for removal of online materials.
Machine Shop is a management company owned by Linkin Park, according to its LinkedIn page.
A Twitter spokesperson said the site responds to “valid copyright complaints sent to us by a copyright owner or their authorised representatives”.
The band tweeted out their displeasure at the Trump campaign using the song without their permission:
Linkin Park did not and does not endorse Trump, nor authorize his organization to use any of our music. A cease and desist has been issued.
— LINKIN PARK (@linkinpark) July 19, 2020
People are calling this censorship but I don’t think that is the case. Yes, Twitter allows a lot of videos online with music that is used without the artist’s permission, but in this case the band specifically requested that the video be taken down because it was being used by a national campaign. That is their right as artists. I don’t remember Twitter letting the Biden campaign use a song even after a band demanded they take it down. So, my ruling on the claim of unconstitutional censorship muzzling the right of the president to steal artist’s music is…. false, zero tacos out of ten tacos.