Tom Petty Property Slams Kari Lake for Marketing campaign’s ‘Unlawful’ Use of Track

• Tom Petty’s property criticized Kari Lake’s marketing campaign for utilizing his track “I Will not Again Down.”
• “That is unlawful,” the property tweeted, including that Lake’s marketing campaign used the track with out permission.
• Lake, a Trump-endorsed candidate for Arizona’s governorship, misplaced to Katie Hobbs.

Tom Petty’s property stated this week it was shocked that Kari Lake, the Trump-backed Republican who misplaced the Arizona governor race, used his track “I Will not Again Down” in her marketing campaign.

On Thursday, Petty’s property tweeted that the 1989 hit track was “stolen and used with out permission or a license to advertise Kari Lake’s failed marketing campaign.”

“That is unlawful. We’re exploring all of our authorized choices to cease this unauthorized use and to ban future misappropriations of Tom’s beloved anthem,” the tweet stated. “Thanks to all the followers who introduced this to our consideration and who assist us shield his legacy on daily basis.”

—Tom Petty (@tompetty) November 18, 2022

The Arizona Republic reported that Lake’s marketing campaign used the track in a YouTube montage of her on the marketing campaign trial that has since been taken down. In response to the outlet, the video highlighted Lake refusing to simply accept the election outcomes and hinted at her claims that the midterms have been rigged in opposition to her.

Lake posted a video to Twitter on Thursday titled “Arizona, we’re nonetheless within the struggle.” Within the video, Lake made unsubstantiated claims about voter disenfranchisement and implied doable authorized motion, saying “I am doing all the pieces in my energy to proper these wrongs.”

Media retailers on Monday known as the the Arizona gubernatorial race for Lake’s Democratic challenger, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who beat the pro-Trump Republican by a slim margin.

This wasn’t the primary time Petty’s property has known as out a politician for utilizing the artist’s music. In 2020, Petty’s household issued a cease-and-desist notice to former President Donald Trump’s marketing campaign after “I Will not Again Down” was performed at a rally. The Trump marketing campaign garnered numerous complaints from artists who requested he cease utilizing their songs in his campaigns, together with Rihanna, Steven Tyler, and Pharrell Williams.

Representatives for Petty and Lake didn’t response to Insider’s requests for remark.