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Pharrell Williams sent a legal warning to Donald Trump after the singer "Happy" played at the president's political protest in Indiana on Saturday, a rally organized just hours after the Pittsburgh synagogue fired.
"On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings in the hands of a disturbed" nationalist, "you interpreted his song" Happy "in front of a crowd at a political event in Indiana," the only one in the world. Williams' attorney, Howard King, wrote to Trump in the letter of Cessation and Abstention (via The Hollywood journalist)
"The tragedy inflicted on our country Saturday is nothing" happy "and no permission has been granted for your use of this song for this purpose."
The letter of cessation and renunciation continued, "Pharrell Williams is the copyright owner on" Happy ", with the exclusive right to exploit it. Pharrell has not granted you and will not grant you permission to publicly perform, broadcast, or otherwise broadcast his music. Washington Post reported Sunday that "Happy" had been played at the rally in Indiana in support of Rep. Mike Bost.
Williams is the last artist to have threatened to sue Trump if the president continued to play music at his pre-mid-term rallies. letter-and-desist in August after the Trump rallies broadcast "Livin 'on the Edge" from Aerosmith
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