Someone really should make sure President Donald Trump doesn’t use copywritten material for his own marketing. After an issue with HBO late last year, where the POTUS used “Game of Thrones” imagery for a poster about issuing sanctions, Trump has now pissed off Warner Bros. after he used “The Dark Knight Rises” to promote his own re-election campaign.
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Now, we must admit that if you put any music from composer Hans Zimmer in a video, it’s going to make the footage even more epic. But you also have to make sure to get permission before you do that. Unfortunately for Trump, he didn’t get any okays when he decided to use a piece of Hans Zimmer’s score from Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises” for a recent video he tweeted out that is seemingly a part of his upcoming re-election marketing.
The video featured Zimmer’s “Why Do We Fall?” as the background music for scenes of national landmarks, various left-leaning celebrities, and a Fox News headline saying “Mueller report shows no proof Trump team conspired with Russia.” After being watched over a million times in a matter of hours, WB got wind of Trump’s use of the music and filed a complaint with Twitter.
“The use of Warner Bros.’ score from ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in the campaign video was unauthorized,” WB said in a statement to Deadline. “We are working through the appropriate legal channels to have it removed.”
And shortly after the studio’s complaint, Trump’s video was removed.
We’ll have to wait and see how the POTUS spins this latest news. Perhaps it’s all part of Hollywood’s attempt to silence him? Maybe he’ll blame Batman? Who knows?
If you came here for the music, feel free to listen to the song in question below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHQvg0fs5B0
