Neil Young has sued the Trump 47 Committee for copyright infringement, seeking $10 million in damages, according to a complaint filed Monday, Oct. 26, 2026, in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Richmond. The committee did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
• The complaint alleges Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World” was played without a license before an Oct. 12 rally in Youngstown, Ohio, and at other rallies.
• Young asks for $10 million in damages and an order barring further use of the song.
• The complaint says Young sued Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., over the same song in 2020, and that the case settled with a promise not to use it again without a license.
• These are allegations in a complaint. No court has ruled.
Details may change as the case develops.
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Trump’s renaming young, trump jr and the song is his own.