Legends of Hevi Metal Metallica forced the US government to shoot a video on social networks in which their song “Enter Sandman” is without permission.
The Ministry of Defense published a position on X on Friday (July 11), in which the Minister of Defense Pitt Hegshez showed that he was promoting the country’s military capabilities for unmanned planes.
The original version of the video included the classic song of the 1991 Enter Sandman group.
Nevertheless, he did not stay on the Internet for a long time, since Metallica immediately released warning warnings.
Then the Ministry of Defense revoked the video by publishing a version without Sandman.
The representative of the Pentagon said: “The X representatives contacted the Ministry of Defense about the video posted on our website on social networks, and asked to delete the video from the copyrights with the song Metallica“ Enter Sandman ”.
This is not the first time that the Trump government uses work without permission.
There is an extensive list of musicians who opposed the authorized use of their songs Trump. They are included AbbaRolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Neil Young, Rem, Guns N ‘Roses, Woodcop And BeyoncéField
Heirs Shinid O’Connor In the past, Trump’s court decisions were sent to the heirs of Isaac Heis filed a lawsuit against him for 134 cases of copying rightsField
Selin Dion She also condemned the use of her song using the titanic film “My Heart”, which was used at one of Trump’s rallies. The Dion team questioned the choice of the song, writing: “And indeed, this song?”
Another group that added his name to constantly turning the list of artists who sued Trump for their illegal use of his songs in preliminary videos White stripesField
Last year, the rock group emphasized the “yelling of their success” “Army of the Seven Nations”. Jack White wrote in a signature copies of a legal lawsuit on a post on Instagram with the phrase: “This car makes a lawsuit to the Nazis.”
The last example, before Metallica, was the famous American rock group Semisonic, which reacted to the White House In March, to use the candidate for the success of Grammy “Closing Time” in a message on social networks showing a deported chain.
The White House added a 1998 song to the post of man with wrinkles associated in the middle, as he was examined at the airport. The video was shot by the lyrics of the song: “You do not need to go home, but you cannot stay here.”
The US Customs and Border Protection Service retained the post of White House in X with the inscription “It’s time to close. We make America safe again. ”
The group answered with fasting on X: “We did not allow and did not applaud our song from the White House in a way. And no, they did not ask about it. The song talks about joy, potential and hope and completely lost its meaning. ”