It is not uncommon in the Chinese music scene for songs to be plagiarized from time to time. However, due to imperfect rights protection regulations, plagiarism is becoming more and more serious. You may have seen many plagiarized songs, but you have certainly never seen anything like this...
Some time ago, the Internet singer Lao Fan, known as the "Divine Comedy Making Machine", released a new song "Farewell" Afraid of Me"
Now Lao Fan, who lives next door, has ranked first in the overall ranking of cloud music singers, defeating Joker Xue, who ranked second, as well as recognized singers such as Deng Ziqi, Li Ronghao, and JJ Lin.
Such a popular singer naturally pays attention to new songs, and soon they were on the hot search list of NetEase Cloud Music.
However, not long after the new song was released, some Hua Chenyu fans claimed that the introduction and description of the song were highly similar to the lyrics of Hua Chenyu’s new song "Love the World", and the creative background in the introduction was also the same. Soon after the comment was posted, it was praised by top songs and attracted a lot of attention from fans.
However, the platform did not respond. Fans of Hua Chenyu moved to Weibo, where Lao Fan promoted the new song, to post comments, urging the platform to withdraw the song.
Many netizens were confused when they saw this. This is the first time I’ve seen plagiarism of other people’s lyrics in a song introduction. The official description copy of "Don't Be Afraid of Me" by the old fan next door almost plagiarized the lyrics of Hua Chenyu's "I Really Want to Love This World" and changed two words that look like stealing a bell. After all, Hua Chenyu is a singer with millions of fans, and this obvious plagiarism cannot escape the attention of fans.
These two songs were created based on patients with depression, bringing them the power of life through singing. In this way, the creative background and artistic conception of the two songs are very similar, but this is inevitable, but the plagiarism of the content is a bit unreasonable.
The team of Lao Fan next door responded quickly and immediately issued an apology statement on the official Weibo, explaining the reasons and results.
Although the apology is sincere, the plagiarism is obvious after all. The real hammer is here and cannot be refuted. However, this reason is really far-fetched, and the direct responsibility is passed on to the external copywriter. Nearly complete plagiarism is called "over-quoting", and the company's internal punishment results are inexplicably posted, which can be said to be the "annual confusion reward." Such an apology statement would not be accepted by fans, but the song was still retained and was not removed from the shelves.
The apology statement mentioned that "after receiving feedback, the studio immediately modified the copy of the single." Many netizens were curious about the modified copy. As a result, the introduction of this song on NetEase Cloud Music was deleted, leaving only the words "Not described yet".
As the number one singer on NetEase Cloud's hot list, it only took ten hours from the release of the new song to the discovery of plagiarism to the apology for rights protection. It can be said to be one of the "miraculous" events in the Chinese music world.
Just after the copywriting was finished, Hua Chenyu fans claimed on Weibo that the cover of the song was also stolen by the artist. The original author personally sent a question to Lao Fan next door: "Is this the current album cover design?" He explained that the cover of the song used his original picture to create a mirror effect, and then added the name of the song. I have to say that this is the most blatant cover plagiarism I have ever seen.
As a result, Lao Fan’s studio next door issued a second apology statement five hours later.
Yes, they passed the blame to the relevant designers and reached an agreement with the original author. The original author also posted that the studio had apologized and purchased the copyright to the image, and he even gave all compensation to charity organizations.
Plagiarism occurs frequently in the Chinese music industry, which is extremely distressing. From Huazhu to Lao Fan next door, all the popular original singers on the Internet have fallen behind one after another. Are all the Internet singers unable to help?
In recent years, with the rise of short video creation platforms, many online divine songs have become popular, from "Learning to Meow" to "Desert Camel" to "I Once", which have been widely circulated through these platforms and become The "famous songs" that are well-known to every household, and the creators of these songs are slowly coming to the forefront. Of course there were problems.
Zhou Hua, an original folk singer on the Internet, became an instant hit with "The Thief Comes Out of the Mountain", but later plagiarism made her a "street rat that everyone yelled at", and the label of a genius folk girl was Tear it up ruthlessly and become a shameless plagiarist. Just a few months later, Lao Fan, the online singer next door, was found to have plagiarized again.
These "divine music producers" are completely destroying their own futures!
Lao Fan next door is the fastest growing musician on NetEase Cloud in 2019, with millions of fans on the short video platform. With a story full of "I once", it spread throughout the streets, and then "Four Five Girls" touched thousands of listeners. The vicissitudes of life, the deep voice, and the true portrayal of the lyrics have made him a rising star of the new generation of Chinese music. Now it seems that online singers cannot hold up the banner of the Chinese music scene. After all, the threshold for online singers is low and their duration will not be long.
In the past six months, the old fan next door has gained 5 million fans, and even appeared on the stage of the satellite TV New Year's Eve party. He is undoubtedly the biggest dark horse in the music world this year, but behind his explosion, can his strength keep up?