Carrie Underwood, NBC Sued for ‘Sunday Night Football’ Theme

摘要

“Game On,” Carrie Underwood’s theme song for NBC’s “Sunday Night Football,” rips off another song of the same name, a June 19 complaint in the Southern District of New York alleges.Four songwriters sued Underwood, NBC, and the NFL, among others, for copyright infringement.Heidi Merrill, Alex Wong, Jeff Cohen, and Niclas Lundin said they wrote and recorded “Game On” in 2016, and specifically looked to license the song for television broadcasts of sporting events. The complaint said the song was featured on “CBS Inside College Basketball” in 2017.