The property of late rocker Tom Petty mentioned it was “exploring all of our authorized choices” after failed Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake used his 1989 anthem “I Gained’t Again Down” in a video this week.
“The Tom Petty property and our companions have been shocked to search out out that Tom’s tune ‘I Gained’t Again Down’ was stolen and used with out permission or a license to advertise Kari Lake’s failed marketing campaign,” the property wrote on Twitter late Thursday.
Watch Lake’s video right here:
“That is unlawful,” it added. “We're exploring all of our authorized choices to cease this unauthorized use and to ban future misappropriations of Tom’s beloved anthem. Thanks to all the followers who introduced this to our consideration and who assist us defend his legacy each day.”
Former TV information anchor Lake misplaced the race for Arizona governor to Democratic rival Katie Hobbs. She has refused to concede. As a substitute, Lake has taken pages from Donald Trump’s playbook of lies by questioning the end result and baselessly claiming voter fraud.
Trump endorsed Lake and he or she has been some of the high-profile promoters of his 2020 election conspiracy theories.
The property of Petty, who died of an unintended drug overdose in 2017 at age 66, launched a equally scathing response when then-President Trump used the identical tune throughout his underwhelming June 2020 return to the marketing campaign path in Tulsa, Oklahoma, amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“Trump was on no account approved to make use of this tune to additional a marketing campaign that leaves too many People and customary sense behind,” the property mentioned.
“Each the late Tom Petty and his household firmly stand in opposition to racism and discrimination of any sort,” it continued. “Tom Petty would by no means need a tune of his used for a marketing campaign of hate. He likes to deliver folks collectively.”
“We consider in America and we consider in democracy. However Donald Trump just isn't representing the noble concepts of both,” Petty’s property added. “We might hate for followers who've been marginalized by this administration to assume we have been complicit on this utilization.”
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