Leonard Cohen’s Estate Threatens Legal Action After ‘Hallelujah’ Used at RNC Without Permission
now-deleted tweet that she and her team had not received a request for the use of her cover; Sony/ATV Music Publishing, which publishes Cohen’s catalog, also said it had declined the RNC’s request for a live performance of the song.Also Read: Sad! Trump Lost 5 Million Cable Viewers for His RNC Speech Compared to 2016“On the eve of the finale of the convention, representatives from the Republican National Committee contacted us regarding obtaining permission for a live performance of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah.’ We declined their request,” Brian J.