Neil Young sues Trump campaign over use of famous tunes

The Grammy-award winning Canadian-born musician is seeking up to $150,000 in statutory damages for each infringement.

Neil Young has sued President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign for copyright infringement, saying he does not want his music used as a theme song for a “divisive un-American campaign of ignorance and hate”.

The Grammy-award winning Canadian-born musician filed the lawsuit through his lawyers in Manhattan federal court, seeking up to $150,000 in statutory damages for each infringement.