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Rock band Radiohead urges US ICE to take down video using its song

Radiohead condemned ICE for unauthorized use of their 1997 song in a political video, demanding its removal and highlighting artists' resistance to misuse of their work.

  • Radiohead demanded the removal of an ICE social-media video using their song without permission, writing, `We demand that the amateurs in control of the ICE social media account take it down`.
  • In recent months, a string of musicians have pushed back against DHS and ICE over unauthorised uses of their work, including Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood demanding removal of Phantom Thread music from the Melania documentary.
  • A choral cover of 'Let Down' plays over a montage the post described as victims of criminal illegal alien violence, captioned 'Thousands of American families have been torn apart,' and shared by Trump social channels and White House social accounts before spreading to other platforms.
  • DHS and ICE did not immediately reply to requests for comment about Radiohead's demand, while Olivia Rodrigo's objections previously led to removal of disputed audio from a DHS post.
  • Rights advocates point to the video as part of DHS's messaging amid scrutiny over detention practices and deaths, highlighting a fight over artists' intellectual-property rights in the This is our why campaign.
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British band Radiohead demanded that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) remove a video circulating on social media that used their song "Let Down" as background music for a message commemorating victims of crimes attributed to undocumented immigrants. In a statement, the group condemned the use of the song and demanded its immediate removal. "We demand that the fans who control ICE's social media account delete it. It's not funny; …

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