Usually they purchase a blanket license from orgs and doing that probably covers like millions of songs. But I guess not every song is covered and if it’s a niche or obscure cover of a song, the likelihood that it’s not covered increases. Maybe NBC will get the ISU to make a rule to stop using covers haha.
because I'm guessing these guys are not downloading the peacock app to watch Skate America...
Most people don’t watch figure skating. They’re more likely to tune in during the Olympics that has millions upon millions of viewers.
Olympics have a much higher profile than other skating competitions. They probably just learned about it
Ice rinks, NBC and USFS have agreements with ASCAP and BMI to play music for live performances. It does get trickier and costlier with replays on TV or You Tube or other streaming.
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My guess is they smell money and name recognition and fame
Yes. And Kevin Reynolds had to change a program one year over issues with his music. But that's why I though feds or choreographers or someone had people checking the licenses. Maybe not.
Apparently, they have sued lots of people. Over their performance of a song in the public domain.
IIRC, the artist asked him not to use it? Which is different. But I could be remembering wrong.
Yeah I'm not interested enough in Kevin Reynolds to remember the details either oops so who knows
There was a dispute over the rights just prior to an NHK (2018) and he had like a week to switch to something else.
Actually I think that none of them picked this up. I would venture to guess that an Olympic watching spouse or friend.
The fact that they did not pick this up until The Olympics, tells you that they are not figure skating fans. Nor are their lawyers. Knierim and Frazer started skating to it in November and announced its selection previous to that.
Also, earning $$$ for composing TV & movie music hardly qualifies as "indie."
Didn’t a top German pair use the same music (same recording) as their free program not so long ago? It’s not as if K/F are the first to skate to this.This could explain why NBC Sports took down all of it’s Olympic skating videos.
Music group sues NBC, US figure skating pair over use of song during Winter Olympics
Heavy Young Heathens allege they were not contacted about the use of their music during the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics.www.usatoday.com
When I saw the contact option, I had to restrain myself from sending them an irate message.Looked at their website, they seem like exactly the kind of douchhebros that I was expecting.
They'd probably sue you too
Hasse(sp?) and Seegert in 2018 used the exact same music. And they were sued.
Yes. that's why I didn't send them that message.
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Also Skate America
When? Because if it was in 2018, wouldn't someone know this when KniFra announced they were using it?
Perhaps I'm wrong. I saw reference to this elsewhere in the forum.
