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Moldy Rutabaga

Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Ansan, Korea
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: Story: Britney Spears vs. E Hyo Lee for plagiarism! |
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http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200603/200603230021.html
E Hyo Lee is apparently in trouble for allegedly plagiarizing Britney Spears. Does "Get Ya" remind you of any particular song? I volunteer to give E Hyo Lee the sound spanking she deserves.
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indytrucks

Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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This made me laugh:
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There are no hard-and-fast criteria to decide what constitutes plagiarism in Korea |
Maybe they should try the dictionary:
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Main Entry: pla��gia��rize
Pronunciation: 'plA-j&-"rIz also -jE-&-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -rized; -riz��ing
Etymology: plagiary
transitive senses : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
intransitive senses : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
- pla��gia��riz��er noun |
Every start of semester I give my students the whole rundown on plagiarizing work. Sometimes you'd think I was speaking Swahili with the looks I get. |
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billybrobby

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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nice. although i'm embarrassed to admit that i've heard either song, i've heard them both and immediately thought the same thing when i heard "Get Ya." total ripoff. I hope britney sues the pants off of her. |
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seoulsucker

Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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It's the same with just about all of the pop songs in Korea.
I've heard a Korean song that is a complete rip off of "Let's Get Retarded", and another one that might as well be "Yeah" by Usher, two of the biggest hits in recent US pop music.
It's pretty sad, actually...Koreans have some of the highest production quality music and movies in Asia, yet they can't seem to create anything original. |
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seoulsucker

Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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billybrobby wrote: |
I hope britney sues the pants off of her. |
That would be a lovely site.  |
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Cat fight !!! Cat fight!!!
Celebrity Death Match!!!! |
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paperbag princess

Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Location: veggie hell
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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britney spears is original? |
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flakfizer

Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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If any of you guys were here 10 years ago, you'll know that "Come Back Home" by seo taeji sounded exactly like a work of Cyprus Hill. On the other hand, when we used to get channel V Asian, one could hear many Chinese pop songs that were rip-offs of Korean ones. |
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billybrobby

Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:02 pm Post subject: |
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seoulsucker wrote: |
It's the same with just about all of the pop songs in Korea.
I've heard a Korean song that is a complete rip off of "Let's Get Retarded", and another one that might as well be "Yeah" by Usher, two of the biggest hits in recent US pop music.
It's pretty sad, actually...Koreans have some of the highest production quality music and movies in Asia, yet they can't seem to create anything original. |
i wouldn't lump the movies in with the music. I think you gotta admit Old Boy was pretty original even if it was based on a Japanese comic. but the music...god...a wasteland. empty, soulless, spirit-deadening wasteland of pure sh*te. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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billybrobby wrote: |
seoulsucker wrote: |
It's the same with just about all of the pop songs in Korea.
I've heard a Korean song that is a complete rip off of "Let's Get Retarded", and another one that might as well be "Yeah" by Usher, two of the biggest hits in recent US pop music.
It's pretty sad, actually...Koreans have some of the highest production quality music and movies in Asia, yet they can't seem to create anything original. |
i wouldn't lump the movies in with the music. I think you gotta admit Old Boy was pretty original even if it was based on a Japanese comic. but the music...god...a wasteland. empty, soulless, spirit-deadening wasteland of pure sh*te. |
Yes. Appalling shower. When you move to Korea, Justin Timberlake and the like sound like geniuses. |
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Demophobe

Joined: 17 May 2004
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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Plagarised Brittany Spears? Har! She has never written anything. |
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animalbirdfish
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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flakfizer wrote: |
If any of you guys were here 10 years ago, you'll know that "Come Back Home" by seo taeji sounded exactly like a work of Cyprus Hill. On the other hand, when we used to get channel V Asian, one could hear many Chinese pop songs that were rip-offs of Korean ones. |
Sure enough.
I turned on Cypress Hill a few weeks back and the wife said, "hey, is that Seo Taeji?" |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005 Location: $eoul
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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animalbirdfish wrote: |
flakfizer wrote: |
If any of you guys were here 10 years ago, you'll know that "Come Back Home" by seo taeji sounded exactly like a work of Cyprus Hill. On the other hand, when we used to get channel V Asian, one could hear many Chinese pop songs that were rip-offs of Korean ones. |
Sure enough.
I turned on Cypress Hill a few weeks back and the wife said, "hey, is that Seo Taeji?" |
What Cypress Hill song? |
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seoulsucker

Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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billybrobby wrote: |
i wouldn't lump the movies in with the music. I think you gotta admit Old Boy was pretty original even if it was based on a Japanese comic. but the music...god...a wasteland. empty, soulless, spirit-deadening wasteland of pure sh*te. |
That's a shining exception of pure cinematic genius from Korea, but if you've watched a lot of the romance, action, police dramas, or thrillers, they're all recycled material from either Japan or the States. The production quality is really impressive, especially for the budgets (Taegugki was done for $11M US), but the content is just so...vanilla.
As far as the music culture goes, it's just a parade of one-hit wonders. There a few starts that have stuck around, but most of them fall right into Korea's ����ȭ (tin pan culture). Is it any wonder why most major global tours have schedules like: Bangkok, Manila, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai (skip over Korea) Tokyo, and Osaka? Somehow I don't think U2 would get a rush performing in front of a couple of thousand people placidly seated while shaking red balloons to the beat. |
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marcus

Joined: 12 Sep 2005
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Loads of pop songs in Korea are copies of Japanese songs and China rips off both countries. It's seems to be part of the industry. Maybe some are legal covers but they often seem to come out too quickly after the original to be legitimate. |
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