CU4ever
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Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but my day was just ruined by seeing this. -_-
[FONT="]https://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/1141399709787066368
[/FONT][FONT="]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. [/FONT]
[FONT="]The woman behind the suit is Heidi Merrill -- a singer who had success with the sports-themed song "Cornhusker Strong" back in 2015. [/FONT]
[FONT="]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 posted it to YouTube in March 2017. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]In her suit, Merrill says she met Carrie Underwood's producer, Mark Bright, at an event in Nashville in August 2017 and asked if Carrie would be looking to create a new song for the 2018 NFL "Sunday Night Football" show open. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Merrill says she submitted the song to Bright -- but was eventually told Carrie's camp passed on using "Game On."[/FONT]
[FONT="]Fast forward to Sept. 2018 ... Merrill says she was shocked to see Underwood and NBC promoting a secret new theme song for 'SNF' ... which ended up being called, "Game On."[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Merrill says Carrie's version is "substantially -- even strikingly -- similar, if not identical" to her own song ... and she's pissed![/FONT]
[FONT="]She's now suing Carrie, Mark Bright, NBC, the NFL and more for copyright infringement -- but she has not listed an amount she's looking for. [/FONT]
[FONT="]We reached out to Carrie's camp for comment -- so far, no word back. No comment from the NFL either. [/FONT]
[FONT="]https://twitter.com/TMZ_Sports/status/1141399709787066368
[/FONT][FONT="]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. [/FONT]
[FONT="]The woman behind the suit is Heidi Merrill -- a singer who had success with the sports-themed song "Cornhusker Strong" back in 2015. [/FONT]
[FONT="]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 posted it to YouTube in March 2017. [/FONT]
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[FONT="]In her suit, Merrill says she met Carrie Underwood's producer, Mark Bright, at an event in Nashville in August 2017 and asked if Carrie would be looking to create a new song for the 2018 NFL "Sunday Night Football" show open. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Merrill says she submitted the song to Bright -- but was eventually told Carrie's camp passed on using "Game On."[/FONT]
[FONT="]Fast forward to Sept. 2018 ... Merrill says she was shocked to see Underwood and NBC promoting a secret new theme song for 'SNF' ... which ended up being called, "Game On."[/FONT]
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[FONT="]Merrill says Carrie's version is "substantially -- even strikingly -- similar, if not identical" to her own song ... and she's pissed![/FONT]
[FONT="]She's now suing Carrie, Mark Bright, NBC, the NFL and more for copyright infringement -- but she has not listed an amount she's looking for. [/FONT]
[FONT="]We reached out to Carrie's camp for comment -- so far, no word back. No comment from the NFL either. [/FONT]