In 2020, music rights administration firm BMI released a statement to CNN on the band’s behalf, explaining that Trump’s marketing campaign has a “political entities license.” Meaning they will legally play the 15 million songs in BMI’s catalog at marketing campaign rallies.
“There’s a provision, nevertheless, that permits BMI to exclude musical works from the license if a songwriter or writer objects to its use by a marketing campaign… BMI has acquired such an objection and despatched a letter notifying the Trump marketing campaign that the Rolling Stones’ works have been faraway from the marketing campaign license, and advising the marketing campaign that any future use of those musical compositions will probably be in breach of its license settlement with BMI.”
