Plagiarism has again emerged as a hot issue in the Korean music scene after star composer Kim Do-hun was accused of plagiarizing a song by an indie band.
Netizens accuse Kim of having copied parts of the song “Blue Bird” by indie band Ynot for his song “I’m a loner,” which he composed for the indie band CNBLUE. To support their claims, they have uploaded text and clips of the two songs to the Web.
Meanwhile, a group of netizens has started gathering signatures for an online petition urging Kim to leave the music industry because, they say, he has built his career with plagiarized songs.
“Kim wrote a song titled ‘Lie’ for Gavy NJ and it was pretty much the same as Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Brave,’” a person with the screen name Rasmus wrote on the site Agora, a major online debate forum operated by local search engine Daum. “There were also similarities between Kim’s ‘8282’ [sung by Davichi] and Mika’s ‘Happy Ending.’ The list goes on.”
Rasmus launched the signature campaign against Kim. As of yesterday morning, 3,181 netizens had signed on.
Another of Kim’s songs, “Can’t Forget” sung by Kim Jong-kook, is said to have an introduction that is similar to that of Usher’s “Love in This Club.”
Kim refuted the allegations in a statement issued earlier this week.
“There are so many similar songs because they all belong to the same genre,” the statement said.
Kim began his career in 1995 and since then has composed songs for many of the nation’s A-list singers, including Lee Hyo-ri, Lee Seung-ki, SES, SG Wannabe, Big Mama and Fly to the Sky.
In his statement, Kim also implored netizens to stop making assumptions about his work.
credits: JoongAng Daily
Previously, crazy netizens have already caused many uproars in the Korean Pop industry, the most famous one being JAEBEOM leaving 2PM. There were also many cases where they even had petitions to wish some celebrities dead, Jaebeom included.
Now, they are trying to drive yet another contributive musician to the corner. Plagiarism is an issue between the composers and the companies; what audience receives are 2 versions of a nice piece of music and it doesn't concern us directly that the songs are similar. So even if some of us are strongly against plagiarism, or what it seems like to me, ACTING like we are so against it, it still doesn't affect us even a microbit.
SO, crazy netizens should just stop it. It's none of their business. Creating more sadness rather than creating more happiness. Sadistic, i would say.
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This is what Kim has to say about the allegations again.
The songwriter of the hit song by four-member group CNBLUE, has denied the allegations that he copied the indie band Ynot's song "Blue Bird".
"I have not deceived my conscience," said composer Kim Do-hoon in an interview with the Hankook Ilbo. "I have never heard of the song `Blue Bird.' I did not plagiarize it."
He said Ynot sent him a letter to claim that CNBLUE's "I'm a Loner" is similar to its song in melody and rhythm ― a usual step needed before filing a suit.
Yet, Kim denied the accusations, saying the two songs are different in rhythm and melodies as a whole.
"Those who know music will be able to easily figure out that the two songs are in the same genre but are completely different," he said.
He said the plagiarism accusation is not based on logical evidence.
"The fame I have built over the last 15 years collapsed in a moment. The singers are damaged but the biggest victim is the songwriter,"Kim said.
He said a professional copyrights institute needs to be established to determine the truth of plagiarism allegations.
"I hope there will be countermeasures to make sure there will be no victims like me going forward."
Kim said he does not understand why Ynot has not yet filed a suit.
The noise surrounding the plagiarism accusation is getting louder as it pits the supporters of indie bands against those backing the rising band and established music groups.
Some Internet users are holding an online campaign to boycott the composer, claiming that it is not the first time that he has been involved in plagiarism disputes.
Thousands of netizens have signed the online campaign to evict Kim from the music scene at portal Daum's Agora Web site.
Rocker Shin Hae-chul has added fuel to the disputes by posting comments that slam CNBLUE for alleged plagiarism. "If the song ("I'm a Loner'') is not plagiarism, plagiarism will disappear in the world,'' Shin said.
CNBLUE, which is sweeping music charts with its debut song, is comprised of guitarist and lead singer Jung Yong-hwa, guitarist and vocalist Lee Jong-hyun, drummer Kang Min-hyuk and bass guitarist Lee Jung-shin.
credits: The Korea Times, CrystalHeng @ CNBlueSGFC
You know what, just, whatever~ This issue is getting out of hands.
author: jovena
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