"[B]lanket license" or no, Trump is doing the wrong thing.

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COMMENTS:
*  He doesn't want to pay ASCAP, that's how he remains rich, by not paying on contracts for new buildings or whatever else he can get away with! Guy is a stiff and a schmuck!
*  Almost all Musicians despise the Orange Orangutan toupee clown.
*  Same thing happened with Reagan, back in the 80s. He was running for re-election and tried appropriating some Springsteen songs. That ended fairly quickly. Some bands and artists are okay with it. Even though much of it can be legally used, it's just like anything else. It's nice to be asked. There is an appalling lack of civility. Being civil does not mean being politically correct.  It means just being civil, and using the manners you were probably taught as a child.  If you're asked to stop using someone's songs, just stop. There's no need to be contentious about everything.  Trump's been using Twisted Sister, too. They're fine with it.  There are plenty of other songs he can use.  The Stones, and others, don't like Trump. He shouldn't use their stuff if they've asked him not to.
*  The fact is that there are just a lot of artists that are just apolitical and just don't want to be involved. There are quite a few artists who have been asked and said no to campaigns using their music. Anyone who's even halfway familiar with the Stones knows that they would've done this even if it was a Democrat. I certainly can't imagine Keith going for it. Well, not until the check cleared at least, lol.
*  What a completely moronic reply. Like the Stones "need" Trump and his idiots? Like a musician should be "so honored"?? It is probably THE biggest embarrassment in the world to have your music played at a Trump rally.
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Rolling Stones ask Trump to stop playing their songs
By The Associated Press, May 4, 2016

The Rolling Stones have asked presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to stop playing their songs at his campaign events.

In a statement Wednesday, the rock band said they have not given permission to the Trump campaign to use their songs and "have requested that they cease all use immediately."

A Trump campaign spokeswoman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment or say whether they had a license to play their songs.

Trump, an avid music fan, has featured Rolling Stones songs at his rallies for months as part of a diverse soundtrack that includes Elton John, opera and classic rock songs. The Rolling Stones' 1969 classic "You Can't Always Get What You Want" was a popular song for his events, and during an event on Tuesday night, the campaign played "Start Me Up."

Adele and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler both asked the candidate to stop using their recorded songs to fire up crowds. Neil Young also objected when the real estate mogul used "Rockin' in the Free World" during his campaign kickoff announcement last year. In those cases, the Trump campaign stopped using the songs.

Political campaigns don't need artists' permission to play their songs at rallies as long as the political organization or the venue has gotten what's known as a blanket license from the performing rights organizations ASCAP and BMI for all the music in the licensing group's repertoire.

But artists do have some recourse. BMI, for example, has said it has a provision in its license agreement that allows BMI songwriters or publishers to object to the use of their songs and they have the ability to exclude those songs from the blanket license.
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