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Why Are Figure Skaters Having Issues with Their Music Selections? — The Athletic (The New York Times)

Loeb & Loeb Litigation partner Tal Dickstein is quoted in The Athletic discussing the growing challenges figure skaters face with music licensing at the Olympics, where complex rights requirements and late clearances are forcing some athletes to change their programs to avoid significant copyright penalties.

In the article, Tal notes, “Most countries outside the United States do grant a general public performance right to the owner of the sound recording.” He adds, “If the performance takes place outside the U.S., the athlete, or whoever is responsible for licensing music, would have to consider licensing the sound recording as well. Those are usually owned by record labels.”

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