Isaac Hayes III has spoken out after a court docket choice granted an Injunction towards Donald Trump’s unauthorized use of “Maintain On, I’m Coming.”

In a latest social media submit, Isaac Hayes III shared the information that his household had been granted an injunction towards former President Donald Trump, stopping him from utilizing the enduring tune at his marketing campaign rallies. Throughout a press convention following the listening to, Hayes III offered additional perception into the authorized proceedings of the lawsuit. Hayes III, who has been on the forefront of this authorized battle, expressed satisfaction with the court docket’s choice, whereas additionally assuring followers the household property continues to discover authorized choices.

“We’re happy with the choice by the court docket and transfer to the subsequent part of this lawsuit,” he mentioned. He emphasised Trump had been explicitly instructed to stop and desist from utilizing the tune after BMI terminated the license.

“There’s no any alternative to return to make use of the tune,” he acknowledged. “And that was instructed to him over 100 days in the past and he continued to make use of the tune. So there’s no getting back from utilizing the tune.”

When requested about claims that the lawsuit was politically motivated, Hayes strongly refuted the suggestion: “That’s completely not politically motivated.”

In doing so, he highlighted his his authorized counsel’s intensive expertise in dealing with comparable circumstances, noting that he has been concerned in serving to over 250 artists escape dangerous contracts and conditions like this one.

Hayes III went on to commend the authorized group for his or her relentless efforts in securing the injunction whereas remarking on his want for Isaac Hayes’ legacy as a songwriter to be correctly acknowledged in response to a query concerning the decide’s choice to not enable a selected piece of video proof within the case.

“I wished him to know that Isaac Hayes was a songwriter and had written superb data like, ‘Maintain On, I’m Coming’ and ‘Soul Man,’ for artists like Sammy David, he established himself as a author,” he mentioned. “So for folks assume that no person is aware of that Isaac Hayes wrote, ‘Maintain On, I’m Coming,’ that’s simply merely not true. He was inducted into the songwriters Corridor of Fame together with David Porter in 2005. So there are very many individuals that know, and extra importantly the those that we do enterprise with that would have an effect on Donald Trump utilizing our music, know who Isaac Hayes is and who the author of that tune is.”

Earlier this 12 months, the household of late R&B icon Isaac Hayes demanded Donald Trump cease utilizing “Maintain On, I’m Coming” at marketing campaign rallies and threatened him with a $3 million lawsuit. The household claims the tune was used 134 between 2022 and 2024 and confirmed they might demand damages of “$150,000 per use..” if compelled to proceed with litigation. The household claims the Trump marketing campaign “willfully and overtly engaged in copyright infringement,” utilizing the tune“regardless of being requested repeatedly to not have interaction in such unlawful use.”

The case isn’t an remoted incident for Trump, as he has confronted comparable lawsuits from varied artists whose music was used with out authorization throughout his campaigns. Musicians like Neil Younger, Tom Petty, and The Rolling Stones have all taken authorized motion towards Trump for utilizing their songs at his rallies, additional highlighting the continuing concern of unauthorized music utilization in political campaigns.

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