Posted on 02/20/2022 4:42:50 AM PST by grayboots
The band Heavy Young Heathens accused U.S. Olympic figure skating pair Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier of using its music without permission in a routine at the Beijing Winter Olympics, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.
The group is suing the duo, NBC and U.S. Figure Skating, for copyright violations over the pair skating to the band’s version of “House of the Rising Sun.” Heavy Young Heathens members Robert and Aron Marderosian claimed that while “House of the Rising Sun” is based on a folk song, their rendition “is a signature song of theirs throughout the world” ― due in part to its inclusion in the movie “The Magnificent Seven” and in Ford car ads. (A version by the Animals became a rock hit in the 1960s.)
In the lawsuit, which was posted by Reuters, the Marderosian brothers allege they were not contacted by the skaters, U.S. Figure Skating, NBC and other broadcast platforms for the event. They also said that broadcasters failed to include a specific credit for them in a chyron that noted only “House of the Rising Sun.”
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So when does Eric Burdon start his suit against these rip off artists?
Here’s their version if you want to listen to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dLVHn81adg
Way over down. Eric Burdon and the Animals still have the best version.
Not smart.
Instead, maybe advertise it was your song and tell people where to buy it.
All these problems can be avoided if you hire a live band to play written arrangements like Ed Sullivan did.
Or Bob Dylan suing Eric burden or the fat young heathens.
That’s what I thought....it’s not their song, they used it from Burdon. They may have a copyright on the production, I would think that this would be considered “fair use”
Didn’t know Phil Spector was still producing music.
Neil Young has started a trend,
Lordy. People are just stupid
Suing two Olympians???? What heathens!
Or Dave van Ronk suing Bob Dylan.
—> So when does Eric Burdon start his suit against these rip off artists?
Every time a covered version is played, the original artist, songwriter and producer get paid too
I agree, not that interesting of a version at all. I’ve heard much better remakes of a song without question.
I remember Frijid Pink’s version. Ain’t nobody gonna skate to that.
Kinda. I’m pretty sure that it is just the writer(s) and publisher(s).
Do they sue radio stations everytime that song gets played? Are they members of ASCAP et al.? If so, ASCAP will get a fee and they will get a part of it. OK, this was in China, so there may be territorial issues in play.
I lasted about 3.5 minutes. It is a unique version. unique is not always good.
Eric Burden's version is on my "iPod".
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