Music rights clearance issues (policy being implemented by the ISU starting in 2024)

[tony]

While many skaters credit the artists (including the skaters who were sued - starting this whole mess), I do notice that a not insignificant amount of skaters don't seem to do much work on this. It's very weird that they can't be bothered to credit the musician properly when I go to some official bios... Like they'll credit the original artist but not the cover band, or they'll say the composer of a piece but not the orchestra/soloist/cast members of a musical who performed it.

If the ISU is using screening software anyways (and they should be-- skater uploads, it scans, clears for use or not), then the information could and should just be automatically pulled into the bio. Goodbye, 'Medley' by Various Artists.

Unless it's this 'AI-inspired 90s music' nonsense that they've now opened the door to in dance, and surely other disciplines as well. And yes, I know remixes such as what Cedric Tour and Maxim Rodriguez do might not be picked up by the scanners and the skaters would still have to provide info. But for most cases, the ISU could just pull it.