Chapter 126 Plagiarism Turmoil
"Netizens also found out about the plagiarism of this song, although there was a lot of scolding on the Internet, but this album of JK2 is really popular."
The manager continued: "The more people scold, the more people will search, and now the album Campus Love Song has ranked first in the hot search version of Handu, so it seems that the sales will not be less." ”
In addition to "Childhood Plums at That Time", JK2's new song "Friend" is also more than 70% similar to "The Brother Who Sleeps on My Top Bunk", but plagiarism is plagiarism after all, and the quality is much inferior in comparison.
Zhang Yao suddenly remembered that someone in the original time and space ridiculed a certain giant writer, and my copy could be successful. Although the song is not the same as text, it is not just a copy and paste, but the similarity of more than 70% is not much different from copying.
And JK2 also relied on plagiarism and using Zhang Yao and Han Yu as topics, from a little-known unknown singer to a topic person, if you can not care about the abuse on the Internet, they are indeed successful.
If you can do such a thing, do you care about being abused? The number of people who have been scolded in the entertainment industry has gone to the sea, and I haven't seen anyone announce their retirement because of this, the first condition for mixing in the entertainment industry is that the skin is thicker than the city wall, as long as a few people can be popular, they care about the infamy.
Speaking of which, Zhang Yao himself is also plagiarism, and he doesn't seem to be qualified to accuse others, so he is still a little entangled in his heart, and then he thinks that he has shamelessly plagiarized the songs of the original time and space anyway, so it doesn't seem to be anything more shameless, isn't the romance of the traverser just a plagiarism of peace of mind and justice?
"Except for the copied main theme, the arrangement and lyrics are not at the same level as Zhang Yao."
Zheng Xiaoyi took a closer look and said, "We can't sit idly by and ignore this matter, I will immediately ask the lawyer to give the lawyer a letter to the lawyer of Charm Records." ”
"I'm afraid it won't have any effect, so I don't think it's better to rush."
Zhang Yao thought for a while and said: "The words that JK2 said in the show and in the interview were not clearly malicious slander, we can't do anything about them, we can only do plagiarism when we send a lawyer's letter, I want to wait until their album is released, so that it can be considered conclusive." ”
"Judging from the current situation, it is not a problem for Charm Records to make tens of millions of dollars on this album, you want to become their cash cow."
Zheng Xiaoyi said: "I also think that since they will do this, they will not care about our lawyer's letter, but the posture should be sufficient, and when their album is actually released, it will go directly to the court to sue them." ”
"That's as it should be, so be it."
Zhang Yao nodded, so Zheng Xiao immediately asked people to issue an announcement in the name of Daybreak Studio and Zhang Yao, anyway, Zhang Yao's album is almost on the market, and it is just right to take advantage of the situation to do publicity, killing two birds with one stone.
"Today, some fans and friends reported to us that the songs "At That Time Childhood Plum" and "Friends" of the artist group JK2 under the charm company plagiarized the works of Zhang Yao, an artist under our studio, "You at the Same Table" and "The Brother Who Sleeps on My Top Bunk".
"After verification by my studio, the similarity between "Qingmei" and "You at the Same Table" is more than 70%, and the opportunity is to copy the main theme of the latter, and the same is true of the song "Friends", and the two songs of JK2 are confirmed to be plagiarism."
"In line with the principle of carrying forward Chinese music and respecting originality, we strongly condemn this kind of plagiarism, and the work is the hard work of every creator, which cannot be trampled on, let alone allow others to sit back and enjoy it."
"Therefore, we are here to ask Charm Records to stop the release of the JK2 album "Campus Love Song", and at the same time we have issued a lawyer's letter to Charm Records, if Charm Records insists on going its own way, then we have to use the law to protect our rights and interests, and hope that Charm Records will behave for itself and not become a street rat in the Chinese music scene."
Daybreak Studio's tough wording has also been supported by countless netizens and the media, but as they guessed, since Charm Company has done this, it is impossible to stop it so easily.
"The responsibilities of Dawn Studio have no reason, the two songs "Childhood Plum" and "Friends" are all independently created by the creators of our company, this type of campus folk song has only such a form, and it cannot be said to be plagiarized because of the same meaning expressed."
"We have reason to believe that this unreasonable accusation from Daybreak Studio is building momentum for Zhang Yao's upcoming new album, and our company would like to advise that a singer, whether an album is unpopular depends on the singer's song itself, rather than sensationalism to raise attention."
Charm Records not only denied it completely, but also beat it upside down, it was not a big deal to see the excitement, but the media who were looking forward to the two companies becoming more and more fierce couldn't stand it, and they all stood on the side of Dawn Studio, not to mention netizens.
"What, Zhang Yao followed up with Glamour Records and JK2 hype up a new album? They don't know what Zhang Yao represents, right? Uh, no, if you don't know how Zhang Yao can plagiarize his songs, but since he knows Zhang Yao, why don't you understand, where does Zhang Yao need hype when he releases an album now, and even publicity can be saved. ”
"I've seen shameless, I've never seen such shameless, Charm Records and JK2, you won."
"Who is JK2? If it weren't for them opening their mouths and closing their mouths, who would know them? ”
One-sided evaluation on the Internet, but the result was ignored, JK2 still participates in promotional activities everywhere, and still uses Zhang Yao on his lips to attract the attention of others, after a war of words, they have one more thing to say, that is, to respond to plagiarism, needless to say, of course, they don't admit it.
A week later, JK2's album "Campus Love Song" was officially released. Zhang Yao's new album is titled "Zhang Yao's Campus Ballads", which is also being suppressed, and the first batch of two million copies is almost finished.
After class, Ai Xiaoqi, who was idle, slipped into the studio and saw Zhang Yao and Zheng Xiaoyi with gloomy faces, and Zheng Xiaoyi's desk was on the album of "Campus Love Song" that had just been opened.
"Why do you both have such expressions, it's just two clowns who jump off the beam, there's no reason to force you to look so ugly."
Seeing that the expressions of the two were too heavy, Ai Xiaoqi couldn't help but ask suspiciously, and Zhang Yao said helplessly: "It's not that I was forced to have no choice, but now I feel that it's like eating a fly." ”
Zhang Yao only cared about venting, Zheng Xiao also rubbed his forehead and explained: "This album of JK2 has ten songs, six of which plagiarized Zhang Yao's works. ”
"Damn, more than half of it is plagiarism?"
Now Ai Xiaoqi understands that the two of them will have such an expression, and said: "Zhang Yao sang six new songs when he held a singing party at school, just one-on-one, and they actually plagiarized one of them. Your sister, if Zhang Yao sang ten songs at the beginning, wouldn't they have plagiarized the entire album. ”
"You think they wouldn't do that?"
Zhang Yao spread his hands and said: "I have said a long time ago, trees will die without bark, and people will be invincible in the world without shame." ”
"In that case, it's not a problem to be depressed."
Ai Xiaoqi made it on the sofa, crossed her legs and clasped her hands and said, "What are you waiting for, go and sue them, while their album has just been released, you can ask the court to order them to stop selling it." If it drags on for too long, when they make a lot of money, Zhang Yao will really become their cash cow. ”
"I've filed a lawsuit, but it's going to take a little bit of time for the actual trial."
Zheng Xiao also said: "We also submitted an application to ban the JK2 album, but the court did not accept it, and we have to wait for them to investigate and collect evidence before we can decide, and it is estimated that the result will be announced after the court pronounces the verdict." ”
"It's a big deal that we increase the amount of the claim, well, I also know that the compensation will not exceed the amount of the profit made by the charismatic company."
Zhang Yao scratched his head, he didn't know much about the law, but he had also heard of some cases, such as a giant writer who successfully copied and pasted and earned millions of royalties, and after the defendant plagiarized, the compensation was only about 200,000, which was completely negligible.
"Don't think about it so much, as long as the public knows what's going on."
After thinking about it, Zheng Xiaoyi said: "Although Charm Records and JK2 have profited from plagiarism this time, they will not be able to go on in the future, and they will not be disgusting all the time." ”
"I also believe that Li Ghost will definitely not be able to win against Li Kui, but I feel unhappy when I think that they can still make money by plagiarism."
Zhang Yao muttered, and Ai Xiaoqi said, "What if you are unhappy?" Think about it in the future, if they can't gain a foothold in the entertainment industry, you should balance it, now that the complaint has been handed over, then wait for the trial with peace of mind. ”
"Leave the appeal to me and the lawyer."
Zheng Xiao also said: "In addition to plagiarism, JK2 has been making a lot of nonsense, saying how bad you are, the media has asked countless questions about this, although fans don't believe that you are that kind of person, but they also hope that you will come forward to clarify." ”
"This is also necessary, now that my identity has been revealed, it is much easier to act."
Zhang Yao stretched his waist and said: "I have been prepared since the day of my apparent identity, public figures, public appearances are indispensable, and the album must also be promoted, I think it's better to participate in the show." ”
"The assistant just sorted it out, and now there are at least twenty companies that invite you to record the show."
Zheng Xiao also opened the folder, looked through it and said: "Most of these invitations are in other provinces, one of them is Caiyun Satellite TV, which is a star talk show broadcast in prime time on weekends, and the ratings are also very high, and the host is no stranger to you, it is Zhao Yan, I think it's better to go to this first." ”