Here’s the story, of a woman named Taylor, who just wanted to get the line right. Christine Taylor remembers the infamous “Sure, Jan” scene from The Brady Bunch Movie all too well — and how she stuck to her guns about reciting a certain word.
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Dr Dre has sent a cease and desist letter to often controversial US Congress member Marjorie Taylor Greene after she used his track ‘Still DRE’ in a slightly bizarre promotional video on social media.The two minute video shows Greene wandering around the halls of Congress and aims to big up her role in getting fellow Republican Kevin McCarthy elected as speaker of the House Of Representatives last week, a process which proved somewhat eventful.All of this is soundtracked by the very distinct sounds of ‘Still DRE’. Although, Greene herself is keen to stress, only the instrumental elements of the track, none of the words.Addressing the rapper via a statement issued to TMZ, the Trump loyalist stated: “While I appreciate the creative chord progression, I would never play your words of violence against women and police officers, and your glorification of the thug life and drugs”.Of course, just because you appreciate a creative chord progression doesn’t mean you can use it in your political videos without getting permission from the relevant copyright owners.Because, while the use of music at political events gets a little bit complicated because of the blanket licences issued by the music industry’s collecting societies, political videos posted to social media are more straightforward and a sync licence is required.As a stern letter sent by Dre’s legal reps yesterday points out.
“We write you on behalf of our client, Andre Young pka Dr Dre, composer and performer of the hit song ‘Still DRE'”, said letter begins.“You are wrongfully exploiting this work through the various social media outlets to promote your divisive and hateful political agenda”, it adds. “Andre Young is the owner of the copyright in ‘Still DRE’, with the
.Here’s the story, of a woman named Taylor, who just wanted to get the line right. Christine Taylor remembers the infamous “Sure, Jan” scene from The Brady Bunch Movie all too well — and how she stuck to her guns about reciting a certain word.
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A video that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) posted to her Twitter feed, in which she celebrated the election of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House and her bonds with the new chamber leader, was pulled from the platform after a copyright complaint from Dr. Dre.