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purr-rat beauty

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5. Beautiful song, she should have asked permission amongst other things

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 09:19 AM

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It's bad enough the pResident is using music without permission, we don't need our athletes doing the same

thank you for standing up for LGBTQ+ though!

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US figure skater Amber Glenn faces backlash over politics and copyright issues after Olympic gold [View all] Omaha Steve Monday OP

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

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

This is the third copyright issue I've heard about in this Olympics underpants Monday #6

MAGAt hate and ignorance are crimes against humanity 31st Street Bridge Monday #3

Good for her for the political statements, but shame on her for thinking artists shouldn't care about their highplainsdem Monday #4

Beautiful song, she should have asked permission amongst other things purr-rat beauty Monday #5

According to google radical noodle Monday #7

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

Thanks! radical noodle Monday #18

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

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

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

Yes. It's absurd to imagine the music wasn't cleared Easterncedar Monday #10

Ah, that would make sense. tanyev Monday #11

The copyright issue seems like a huge black eye for Samuel Auxier--the... Ol Janx Spirit Monday #12

thanks for that skatewithaimee link. i kept thinking why doesn't olympics have contract with ascap & bmi orleans Monday #13

The black eye is reversed, if anything quakerboy Monday #15

Yeah, I also wondered if that would turn out the be the case. And... Ol Janx Spirit Monday #17

Both. It can be both quakerboy Yesterday #20

Haha! Very true! Ol Janx Spirit 21 hrs ago #21

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

What a great young athlete! Mysterian 20 hrs ago #22