The sun should set on the Olympics’ broadcasting of one group’s cover of a 1960s rock classic, a Thursday lawsuit says.
Musical group Heavy Young Heathens argue U.S. Olympic figure skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier, Comcast, Peacock, and NBC News violated copyright infringement laws when Knierim and Frazier skated to their cover of The Animals’ 1964 song “The House of the Rising Sun” without permission. The lawsuit, filed with the U.S. District Court Central District of California, Southern District, seeks a preliminary and permanent injunction and unspecified damages.
“On information and belief, Defendants have benefitted from the illegal exploitation of Plaintiffs’ song which was not authorized or permitted,” the filing claims. “Defendants have not paid Plaintiffs any money whatsoever for these exploitations of their song and Plaintiffs have been significantly damaged as a result of this scheme between Defendants and their co-conspirators.”
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Knierim and Frazier skated to the song on Feb. 4 and went on to receive a technical score of 41.02, while earning a component score of 33.98 out of a total score of 75.0.
Pairs’ figure skating is something else. ?#WinterOlympics | ? NBC and @peacockTV pic.twitter.com/GA6Gw5GIw6
— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 4, 2022
The pair will enter the free skate in the top 10.
Their reactions said it all.
Two fantastic performances from #TeamUSA! ?? Both pairs will enter the free skate in the top 10:
6⃣ Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier
7⃣ Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc#WinterOlympics #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/xQbyo3UqEh— U.S. Figure Skating (@USFigureSkating) February 18, 2022
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The Heavy Young Heathens’ work has appeared in television shows and films such as The Simpsons, CSI, Lucifer, Deadpool, and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, as well as commercials for Starbucks, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Bacardi, Adidas, and Red Bull, the lawsuit says.
The Washington Examiner reached out to NBC News, Peacock, Comcast Corporation, and the U.S. Olympic figure skating team for a statement but did not receive responses.
