Announcing his presidential candidacy Tuesday, Donald Trump played a Neil Young song, “Rockin’ in the Free World.” Young’s management company immediately objected. “Donald Trump was not authorized to use ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ in his presidential candidacy announcement,” the company said in a statement. “Neil Young, a Canadian citizen, is a supporter of Bernie Sanders for President of the United States of America.”

Similar issues have popped up many times in the past, usually in the context of a Republican candidate playing music by an artist, usually a Democrat, who objects to its use in the context of a GOP political event. The Republican almost always backs down. That is why so many GOP campaign events feature a relatively narrow playlist of country music songs, the writers of which apparently do not object to exposure at Republican rallies.