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

[Theatregirl1122]

Prince was really stingy about rights when he was alive, but his estate has not cared at all. I'm not surprised he had no issues.

Other skaters had to change Prince programs before the Olympics due to rights issues. (Les Gacs, at least)

 

[jmtfti]

His estate has cared, though -- it's why Lauriault/Le Gac couldn't skate their Prince RD here and had to create a new one.

 

[Willin]

But there have been a fair number of skaters since his death that have skated to Prince at the Olympics since his death.

It's not like it's a 0% chance it will work. Maybe it's song to song?

 

[Karen-W]

Or, Skate Canada told Les Gacs that they needed a firm clearance FROM the estate in order to use it at the Olympics. Seems logical to think that federation with a skater in recent memory ran into issues with a composer NOT giving clearance (Kevin Reynolds) may take a stricter stance on music clearances than a smaller federation that hasn't ever had that problem.

 

[ginsengtea]

Maya B said on her podcast that some federations are much stricter about music rights than others, with Canada probably being the strictest. Some federations apparently weren’t planning to deal with it at all (until they're forced to, I presume).