Music group sues NBC, US figure skating pair over use of song during Winter Olympics

Music group Heavy Young Heathens filed a lawsuit on Thursday against NBC, U.S. Figure Skating and figure skating pair Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, saying their copyright for the song “House of the Rising Sun” was violated when the pair used it for their short program earlier this week.The group, comprised of brothers Robert and Aron Marderosian, are known for their compositions in numerous television shows, movies, trailers, advertisements and video games, such as ESPN’s “30 for 30,” Adidas, “Deadpool” and “The Simpsons.” One of their compositions, “House of the Rising Sun” is based on a traditional folk song, but their version of it “is a signature song of theirs throughout the world,” as it has been famously used for the film “The Magnificent Seven” and Ford auto commercials.During the team figure skating event of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Knierim and Frazier used the composition for the short program portion of the event in which the United States won a silver medal for.Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier compete in the team figure skating pairs short program event during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at Capital Indoor Stadium.In the lawsuit first obtained by Reuters, the Marderosian brothers allege they were…
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