Musical brothers Robert and Aron Marderosian sue US figure skater for copyright infringement at Beijing Olympics »FirstSportz
Brothers Robert and Aron Marderosian, better known as the Heavy Young Heathens, filed the lawsuit on Thursday. They claim that NBC, American Figure Skating, and figure skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier all are copyrighted using their version of “House of the Rising Sun” at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
The brothers said this as Knierim and Frazier slipped along with their version of traditional folk songs without their permission, while accusing NBC of piracy by broadcasting at the same time in Beijing 2022. Notably, this track was used in the trailer for the 2016 film “The Magnificent Seven” and an advertisement for Ford Motor Co. The skating duo previously used the song on their short show this month, in a performance that led to a US silver medal in the team figure skating event.
“The song represents a very valuable licensing asset to the Plaintiffs and is a hit with them around the world.“According to the petition.
No response from NBC, USA Figure Skating and the skaters yet
The Heavy Young Heathens soundtrack has previously appeared in a number of top TV shows like “The Simpsons,” commercials for Starbucks, and Hollywood movie trailers like “Deadpool,” the lawsuit states. They had previously accused several other companies of abuse of their work, including charges against Fox Sports, Discovery Inc., Monster Energy and Warner Brothers in lawsuits that were later settled.
The attorney for the musicians (and father) Mick Marderosian of Marderosian & Cohen said on Thursday that the skaters’ representatives “basically refused to listen to our problem. ” He also claimed that NBC had removed posts promoting the show.
On the other hand, NBC, the United States Figure Skating Department, and the skaters’ representative, David Baden of IMG, declined to immediately respond to a request for comment.
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