Plagiarism music in Korea
Plagiarism music in Korea
- You may think it is unbelievable, but it is illegal to broadcast Japanese music and television dramas over terrestrial signals in South Korea. (wikipedia)
- In addition, if a Japanese word is in a song, the song is prohibited from broadcast. (“Korean idol prohibited from broadcast for using Japanese”, September 27, 2017)
- So the average Koreans do not know the Japanese songs. They are the reasons why a plagiarism is hard to be found out.
Sakamoto commented, “all creations are affected by existing art, and this level does not need the legal action”.
Yu Hui-yeol admitted that he plagiarized the music of Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Songwriter(s)：Gennessee Lewis, Cait La Dee, Wolfgang Gartner, P.O.S.
Songwriter(s)："Hitman" Bang, Kim Do-hoon, RM, Suga, J-Hope, and Pdogg
ChatGPT says, “BTS’s song ‘Blood Sweat & Tears’ was accused of plagiarizing the melody of Amuro Namie’s ‘Ballerina.’
Some fans and music experts noted similarities between the two songs, such as the use of a harpsichord-like instrument.
the theme song of “フランダースの犬 (A Dog of Flanders)”
composer：渡辺岳夫 (Watanabe Takeo), Japan (1975)
song：이승환, Korea
composer：오태호, Korea (1992)
On July 1 and 8th, 2010, Ee Seunghwan appeared in the radio program of SBS, and revealed the fact of his plagiarism saying
“‘the dog of Flanders’ was registered by the name of the Korean composer, but, in fact, 오태호 just plagiarized the theme song of the Japanese animation”.
（Korea・JoongAng Ilbo）
Only the tempo is different.
The Korean said, “Were all the animation and the theme songs Japanese contents?” They had been thinking that the animations and the theme songs all had been made in Korea.
The Korean said, “Were all the animation and the theme songs Japanese contents?” They had been thinking that the animations and the theme songs all had been made in Korea.
The part of the music before the song starts is completely same. Mr. Kim Yu-min, the composer commented as always, “Lonely Christmas is the pure creation.
I had never heard the music of Lupin the Third”. How dare he says obvious lies in a bold-faced manner? I am really disgusted with the Korean.
words 石狩 あきら (Ishikari Akira)
music 三沢 郷 (Misawa Go)
words 최영심 (Choe Yeong-shim)
music 김남윤 (Kim Nam-yun)
In 1993 two years after the song was published, the plagiarism became clear and he disappeared from the popular music.
Plastic Love (1984) － Mariya Takeuchi (Japan)
City Love (2018) － Yu-bin
If Johnny Only were a Japanese, he would lose the suit, but a fair trial may be performed because he is an American.
