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Good morning and welcome to Kid News.

I'm Kim.

Today is Thursday, February 12th, 2026.

We begin with music turning out to be a menace in the Olympic

figure skating competition. Copyright problems have forced some skaters to scramble to use the songs

they skate to, while others are ditching their tunes entirely. A Spanish skater finally got approval

Friday to use music from the Minions movie in his

short program this week, but a Russian skater had to pivot from one song to another two days

before his event. Canadian artist Seb McKinnon was surprised to learn U.S. skater Amber

Glenn planned to use his song The Return in her free skate. The two ended up talking and resolving

the issue. In 2014, the International Skating Union lifted a ban on lyrics to appeal to younger

audiences. But modern music is not part of the public domain, which means athletes must get

permission from whoever has the rights, which can be the songwriter,

singer, record label, publisher, or even a movie studio if the song is used in a film. A Canadian

ice dancer told the Associated Press, even now we don't really understand what we can and can't

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