Country singer Heidi Merrill and three other songwriters have filed a lawsuit against NBC’s 2018 Sunday Night Football song, “Game On.” Merrill stated in the lawsuit that this song was stolen and named Carrie Underwood, NBC and the NFL in the suit. Slideshow: Top Democrats Running For President In 2020 Merill claimed that the version of “Game […]
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- 6/23/2019
- by Amber Raiken
- Uinterview
A federal lawsuit alleges that NBCUniversal, the National Football League, and recording artist Carrie Underwood are among those who plagiarized a YouTube song to create the Sunday Night Football opening theme song “Game On” that precedes the athletic action. Snf is typically one of the primetime ratings leaders during its season and a bright spot for the televised NFL games.
The lawsuit was filed in the Us District Court for the Southern District of New York by songwriters Heidi Merrill, Alex Wong, Jeff Cohen and Niclas Lundin, who claim they created a slightly different version of the Sunday Night Football theme song performed by Underwood. Read the complaint here.
The lawsuit also names various Underwood-affiliated music publishers and her recording company, as well as songwriters Chris DeStefano, Brett James and Underwood producer Mark Bright.
Merrill and her collaborators claimed they created their “Game On” song in June 2016 and uploaded it...
The lawsuit was filed in the Us District Court for the Southern District of New York by songwriters Heidi Merrill, Alex Wong, Jeff Cohen and Niclas Lundin, who claim they created a slightly different version of the Sunday Night Football theme song performed by Underwood. Read the complaint here.
The lawsuit also names various Underwood-affiliated music publishers and her recording company, as well as songwriters Chris DeStefano, Brett James and Underwood producer Mark Bright.
Merrill and her collaborators claimed they created their “Game On” song in June 2016 and uploaded it...
- 6/19/2019
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Carrie Underwood is accused of being a "Sunday Night Football" theme song stealer -- another singer claims Carrie straight jacked her hit, "Game On" ... and used it without permission. The woman behind the suit is Heidi Merrill -- a singer who had success with the sports-themed song "Cornhusker Strong" back in 2015. Merrill says she wanted to ride the wave and make more sports-themed music so she came up with the song "Game On" in 2016 and...
- 6/19/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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