Lara Trump may find herself in legal trouble after covering a song by someone calling out family in 2020

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Lara Trump She recently joined Tiffany Trump as another person A musically inclined member of the Trump family With her recent cover of Tom Petty Song, “never give upWith 99 percent of the Trump family’s new projects, it has been met with a lot of controversy, and some sharp-eyed netizens recalled another incident with this song that could cause problems for Lara.

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In case you need a refresher, Lara recently released the song Apple music (A few days later, she and her husband, Eric Trump, accused the platform of “shadow banning” her song.)

Many users of X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, reminded fellow users of Previous incident Includes the Trump family and the Betty family. Back in 2020, Lara’s father-in-lawFormer US President Donald Trump used Betty’s song during a rally in Oklahoma.

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Shortly after, Petty’s family made a post that many on

They added: “Both the late Tom Petty and his family stand firm against this racism And discrimination of any kind. Tom Petty would never want a song of his used in a hate campaign. “He loved bringing people together… At the same time, we issued a formal cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign.”

Although the Family never used the song again in their marches, Lara went ahead and did a cover of it.

GREENVILLE, NC – JUNE 05: Laura Trump speaks at the NCGOP State Convention as former US President Donald Trump on June 5, 2021 in Greenville, North Carolina. Laura Trump put an end to the rumors by announcing that she will not run for Senate in North Carolina. This event is one of former US President Donald Trump’s first high-level public appearances since he left the White House in January. (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

So, you might be thinking: “How could you possibly be in legal trouble? People cover songs All the time.” It’s true that people often cover hit songs, and a cease and desist usually doesn’t last long. Getting into legal trouble for a cover doesn’t happen very often, but you can still be sued for it.

As far as we know, “I won’t back down” is not public domain Song; You usually don’t have to get explicit permission to cover the song. Because of the fair use rule, it is very easy to cover and sample works, but there is one caveat.

However, with the previous legal action taken by the Petty family since the Trump family tried to link the song to them, many expect the Petty family to be able to act again.

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