Donald Trump loses Electric Avenue legal fight with Eddy Grant

The former president used the famous song in a 2020 campaign video.

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It has taken Mr Grant, 76, more than four years to sue the Republican candidate in this year’s presidential election in the US courts, over his 2020 campaign video that used a 40-second clip of the song.

The video was viewed 13.7 million times before Twitter, now known as X, took it down.

A federal judge in Manhattan ruled Mr Trump breached Mr Grant's copyright for his 1983 hit, and is now liable for damages as well as paying for the singer's legal fees.

Mr Grant's battle with the former President began in August 2020, before his election to the White House, when the songwriter's counsel, Wallace E.J. Collins, issued a cease and desist letter to Donald Trump's campaign team.

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