On February 2, 2021, NetEase Cloud Music officially posted an article on Weibo accusing Kugou Music of plagiarizing some functions of the NetEase Cloud Music APP, and at the end of the article wished Kugou Music a "Happy Year of the Dog". On February 4, 2021, NetEase Cloud Music officials once again issued an article accusing Kugou Music of having previously published patent articles that had nothing to do with this plagiarism incident, and stated that KuGou Music officials were deceiving the public. In NetEase Cloud Music official The long article finally concluded that the patents currently launched by Kugou Music are completely different from their previous page design and product function form. And NetEase Cloud’s official long article concluded that the patents currently launched by Kugou Music and their previous page designs and product functional forms are completely inconsistent with each other, and Kugou Music’s relationship with NetEase Cloud Music and Yunbei The plagiarism of the Tweeting page design is irrefutable. Therefore, I think it is very likely that Kugou Music copied the functions of NetEase Cloud Music this time, and plagiarism should be firmly resisted.
In response to NetEase Cloud Music’s post, Kugou Music’s official Weibo responded. As of the end of 2020, Kugou had filed more than 2,000 original patent applications, including December 2015 and March 2020. Kugou launched the music push function in 2015 and also applied for a patent at the same time. This patent is to help musicians grow together. Kugou Music also paid tribute to all musicians and wished them a happy New Year. At the same time, Kugou Music also attached a link to Jay Chou's song "Black Humor", which seemed to be a negative mockery of NetEase Cloud Music.
Prior to this, NetEase Cloud Music pointed out that the follow-up function of Kugou Music is very similar to the listen-together function of NetEase Cloud Music. It can be said to be a pixel-level imitation, while NetEase Cloud Music’s Yunbei Push The song function is also very similar to some of the music push functions launched by Kugou three months later. Xie Huan, the vice president of Kugou Music, posted on WeChat Moments that he created the QQ Play Together function in 2006, and posted screenshots of product requirements documents written between 2006 and 2007, and refuted NetEase Cloud Music’s plagiarism knowledge.
On the afternoon of February 4, 2021, NetEase Cloud Music’s official Weibo issued a proposal to cancel the year-end rewards for Kugou Music-related teams, and once again issued a message to respond to the Kugou plagiarism incident, saying that Kugou Music The released patents are completely inconsistent with the current page design product functions, forms and interactive forms. Kugou Music plagiarized the design of NetEase Cloud Music Cloud Push Songs and Listen Together page, which is irrefutable evidence.
In any case, any plagiarism is unforgivable and shameful. I personally support original behaviors and hope to protect the intellectual property rights of the original creator. As for APPs, I think there is no need for APPs to copy other people's designs. As long as you work hard on research and development, you can make your own APPs.