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wylies99
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 Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:50 am Post subject: Big Bang Leader Accused of Plagiarism |
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Big Bang Leader Accused of Plagiarism
By Han Sang-hee
Staff Reporter
In line with the recent plagiarism rumors regarding songs written by G-Dragon, the leader of popular boy group Big Bang, local branches of music publishing companies have rolled up their sleeves to investigate the truth.
The 21-year-old's recently released first solo album brought a rush of excitement among K-pop fans, but the sentiment grew cold when some argued that his songs resembled many other famous numbers by American and English singers and groups.
Internet users pointed out that G-Dragon's title track ``Heartbreaker'' sounded like American rapper Flo Rida's ``Right Round'' and ``Butterfly'' resembled ``She's Electric'' by British rock band Oasis.
The rights of the song ``Right Round'' are allocated to Warner/Chappell Music Korea, Sony ATV Publishing Korea, Fuji Pacific Music Korea and EMI Music Publishing Korea, which led to discords even among the four music companies.
Sony ATV Music Publishing Korea announced that they have recognized the resemblance and have sent the music files to the makers of "Right Round" for further confirmation through a statement last Friday, while Warner/Chappell said that ``the intro of `Heartbreaker' is similar to the melody of `Right Round''' and that they will confirm with the composer as well.
EMI Music Publishing Korea, on the other hand, replied that it is hard to call G-Dragon's work plagiarism since the song is completely different, except for a similarity in the rap.
Sony ATV Music Publishing Korea further added that they will decide on a course of action after the maker confirms his stance and discussions are held with the music company.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/08/178_50616.html
Read the rest at the above link. |
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coralreefer_1
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 4:07 am Post subject: |
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| G- Dragon----LOL |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| Listened to both on youtube. Exactly the same melody and music comes close to being the same. What haven't the koreans copied? |
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eIn07912
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:26 am Post subject: |
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Ok, with the Flo Rida song, I couldn't hear much of a similarity. Agreed, the lyrical pacing was about the same, but you can find that all over the place. Especially with hip hop.
But the Oasis song "She's Electric" and GD's "Butterfly".... exact same thing. I mean, he didn't even try to cover that up. Blatantly stole that one. He just slowed it down. |
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djsmnc
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Location: Dave's ESL Cafe
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:54 am Post subject: |
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| Is this something new? |
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highdials5
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| eIn07912 wrote: |
Ok, with the Flo Rida song, I couldn't hear much of a similarity. Agreed, the lyrical pacing was about the same, but you can find that all over the place. Especially with hip hop.
But the Oasis song "She's Electric" and GD's "Butterfly".... exact same thing. I mean, he didn't even try to cover that up. Blatantly stole that one. He just slowed it down. |
I don't think it's a big deal...Oasis are always ripping off other bands, and Noel openly admits it. |
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Daegudavid
Joined: 08 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:32 am Post subject: |
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It's been a bad week for G-Dragon. First he was caught pretending to... how can I explain within the TOS... please another man? Yeah, that works. And now this...
Korean contemporary culture is a sad mockery of American and Japanese cultures. They just steal from what see, and the population is dumb enough to pretend they didn't steal it in the first place. Pathetic. |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:26 am Post subject: |
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| Daegudavid wrote: |
| It's been a bad week for G-Dragon. First he was caught pretending to... how can I explain within the TOS... please another man? Yeah, that works. And now this... |
Any link to this? I'm surprised I haven't seen any news of this on Dave's.
Is G-Dragon the guy in the pink jumpsuit in all the cell phone commercials? That would explain a lot.  |
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galoshes
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:07 am Post subject: |
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| Daegudavid wrote: |
| Korean contemporary culture is a sad mockery of American and Japanese cultures. They just steal from what see, and the population is dumb enough to pretend they didn't steal it in the first place. Pathetic. |
Good God, I hope you were severely drunk or grieving over the death of your parents, or SOMETHING, when you typed that. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| galoshes wrote: |
| Daegudavid wrote: |
| Korean contemporary culture is a sad mockery of American and Japanese cultures. They just steal from what see, and the population is dumb enough to pretend they didn't steal it in the first place. Pathetic. |
Good God, I hope you were severely drunk or grieving over the death of your parents, or SOMETHING, when you typed that. |
No, he's just been in a bitter rage for weeks because someone stared at him the wrong way. |
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madoka
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| No, he's just been in a bitter rage for weeks because someone stared at him the wrong way. |
 Very insightful! |
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CentralCali
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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From the link in the OP,
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| EMI Music Publishing Korea, on the other hand, replied that it is hard to call G-Dragon's work plagiarism since the song is completely different, except for a similarity in the rap. |
Only in Korea: "It's completely different except where it's the same. Therefore it's 'difficult' to call it the same!"
What a lame defense, yet, I wouldn't be surprised at all if it works here since they're ripping off non-Koreans. |
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galoshes
Joined: 30 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
From the link in the OP,
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| EMI Music Publishing Korea, on the other hand, replied that it is hard to call G-Dragon's work plagiarism since the song is completely different, except for a similarity in the rap. |
Only in Korea: "It's completely different except where it's the same. Therefore it's 'difficult' to call it the same!" |
"Only in Korea"?
Lord knows there's much that NEEDS criticizing in Korea, but when someone takes a common, ordinary offense and tries to cast it as a uniquely Korean evil, that's unjustified and simply wrong. |
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benji
Joined: 21 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| galoshes wrote: |
| Daegudavid wrote: |
| Korean contemporary culture is a sad mockery of American and Japanese cultures. They just steal from what see, and the population is dumb enough to pretend they didn't steal it in the first place. Pathetic. |
Good God, I hope you were severely drunk or grieving over the death of your parents, or SOMETHING, when you typed that. |
Maybe he was drunk when he typed it, but is he wrong? |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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Man, I want to kick that loser in the face. Even if not for the pink jumpsuit.
I have still boycotted Sunkist Lemonade.
| madoka wrote: |
| Daegudavid wrote: |
| It's been a bad week for G-Dragon. First he was caught pretending to... how can I explain within the TOS... please another man? Yeah, that works. And now this... |
Any link to this? I'm surprised I haven't seen any news of this on Dave's.
Is G-Dragon the guy in the pink jumpsuit in all the cell phone commercials? That would explain a lot. |
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