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quakerboy

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16. They did. the "Artist" in question didnt do his due dilligence before taking to twitter.

Reply to radical noodle (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 01:25 PM

Feb 9

Turns out his record had already given legal permission for song use (with his express permission), which he has now acknowledged via twitter. Being charitable, it was part of a deal that he signed off on but apparently didn't understand would provide rights to use in this context. Being less charitable, he seems like the kinda guy who would take the chance to neg on a successful woman for a bit of publicity.

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I too have a family member. Actually two counting the son and son-in-law. Great guys. twodogsbarking Feb 9 #1

Oh wow, I assumed that competitive skating would have procedures in place for getting music permissions. tanyev Feb 9 #2

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According to google radical noodle Feb 9 #7

They did. the "Artist" in question didnt do his due dilligence before taking to twitter. quakerboy Feb 9 #16

Thanks! radical noodle Feb 9 #18

Kick this way up -- sounds like the guy gave some kind of blanket permission and then said .. eppur_se_muova Feb 10 #19

Can't believe the US Olympic committee or overall OC does not handle this JT45242 Feb 9 #8

Glenn is probably safe regarding use of the song SpankMe Feb 9 #9

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Both. It can be both quakerboy Feb 10 #20

Haha! Very true! Ol Janx Spirit Feb 10 #21

RE: I have an LGBTQ+ family member. PhylliPretzel Feb 9 #14

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