1 week Ago By Ellie Hook
A white line - or rather a white stripe - has been drawn under Donald Trump 's Seven Nation Army copyright lawsuit. The White Stripes have dropped their copyright infringement lawsuit against President-elect Trump over the unauthorized use of their 2003 hit Seven Nation Army in a campaign video released earlier this year. Jack and Meg White announced their decision to dismiss the suit in a short filing issued on November 10.
Ukraine hit with chilling warning by Trump advisor - as Zelensky told 'you're on your own' They chose to dismiss the claims “without prejudice,” which suggests they could possibly decide to bring them again. Jack and Meg initially filed the suit in September over a video by Margo Martin , the Deputy Director of Communications for the Trump-associated Save America PAC, which was shared on social media. Seven Nation Army was the backing track on the 10-second clip, which was reportedly racked up about 65,000 views before the pair was made aware of it.
“Don’t even think about using my music you fascists,” Jack fumed in an Instagram post responding to the video. “Law suit coming from my lawyers about this (to add to your 5 thousand others.) Have a great day at work today Margo Martin,” he warned.
Despite the clip being deleted eventually, Jack followed through with his legal threat, which named Trump, Martin, and the Trump campaign as defendants. Don't Miss: Ivanka Trump's election night look sparks wild theory after White House return bombshell Melania and Donald Trump's 'worst clashes will be about freedom' but they share one thing Paige Spiranac teases spicy 'themed' 2025 calendar — and there’s an added bonus The suit accused Trump and his team of “flagrant misappropriation” when they used the track's “highly-distinctive and immediately recognizable introductory riff” as the soundtrack to a clip documenting Trump boarding a plane to head to campaign stops in Michigan and Wisconsin. The White Stripes’ fallout with Trump and his campaign came on not long after a similar incident involving a Beyoncé song and a Trump aide’s video.
The since-deleted clip contained a snippet of Beyoncé’s Freedom, which had become an unofficial campaign song for Trump's election rival, Kamala Harris. At the time, a source close to Beyoncé told Rolling Stone that the Trump campaign did not receive permission to use the Lemonade track in the video. The dismissal comes just under a week after Trump won the 2024 presidential election.
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