The Silencing of Figure Skaters at the 2026 Milan Olympics by Copyright Law

By Katelyn Kohler, Esq. Days before his Olympic debut, Spanish figure skater Tomás-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté faced an athlete’s nightmare. He learned his Minions-themed program, which he performed successfully all season, could not be used at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics due to copyright issues.[50] "Finding this out last Friday, so close to the biggest competition of my life, was incredibly disappointing," Guarino wrote.[51] After frantic negotiations with Universal Pictures, Pharre