Warner Brosts sues Trump for Batman music | American News

Warner Bros. has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump after using the music of The Dark Knight Rises in a tweet.

The US president posted a two-minute video for his re-election campaign in 2020, in which the film Why Do We Fall? From Hans Zimmer? of the movie 2012. It also included the title cards of the film.

The tweet was still available following the decision of Warner Bros. to bring a lawsuit, but the video was replaced by a message stating: "This video has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder."

Trump had it subtitled: "IMPROVES AMERICA YET!"

Warner Bros said in a statement: "The use of Warner Bros.'s score of The Dark Knight Rises in the campaign video was not allowed. We work through the appropriate legal channels to have it removed. "

Trump has already used references to pop culture to promote his presidency. During exacerbated tensions with Iran, he used a Game of Thrones style poster bearing the slogan "Sanctions are coming", referring to the phrase "Winter is coming" from the series.

The president is also no stranger to artists asking him to stop using their music. Prince, Pharrell Williams and the Rolling Stones have all challenged the fact that the president plays their songs at campaign rallies.