Musical duo sues US figure skaters, NBC over Olympic song use

Brothers Robert and Aron Marderosian, professionally often called Heavy Younger Heathens, filed a lawsuit Thursday saying that NBC, US Determine Skating, and determine skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier violated their copyrights through the use of their model of “Home of the Rising Solar” on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

The brothers stated Knierim and Frazier skated to their model of the standard people music, utilized in a trailer for the 2016 movie “The Magnificent Seven” and a business for Ford Motor Co., with out their permission, and likewise accused NBC of copyright infringement by broadcasting it.

The skaters used the music of their quick program earlier this month, in a efficiency that contributed to the US’ silver medal within the workforce determine skating occasion.

The duo of Heavy Younger Heathens claimed Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier violated their copyrights through the use of their model of “Home of the Rising Solar” on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

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Heavy Younger Heathens’ music has appeared in TV exhibits together with “The Simpsons,” advertisements for Starbucks, and trailers for films like “Deadpool,” in accordance with the lawsuit. They've beforehand accused a number of different firms of misusing their work, together with allegations towards Fox Sports activities, Discovery Inc., Monster Power, and Warner Brothers in lawsuits that had been later settled.

The musicians’ legal professional (and father) Mick Marderosian of Marderosian & Cohen stated Thursday that the skaters’ agent “mainly refused to hearken to our problem.”

Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier used the music of their quick program earlier this month, as their efficiency contributed to the US silver medal within the workforce determine skating occasion.

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Heavy Younger Heathens’ legal professional stated Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier’s agent refused to hearken to the difficulty.

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Marderosian additionally claims NBC has since eliminated posts selling the efficiency.

NBC, US Determine Skating, and the skaters’ agent, David Baden of IMG, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

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The lawsuit stated “Home of the Rising Solar” is a “very useful licensing asset” for Heavy Younger Heathens, and requested the court docket for cash damages, and to dam any future infringement by the defendants.

The case is Twelve Sixty LLC v. Comcast Corp., US District Court docket for the Central District of California, No. 8:22-cv-00255.

For the musicians: Mick Marderosian and Heather Cohen of Marderosian & Cohen.

For the defendants: Not instantly obtainable.