Girl’s Generation Accused of Stealing “Genie”, Turns out Uzbekistan was Thief All Along
What’s with all the plagiarism cases in k-pop lately? Though I really shouldn’t be surprised given the way Korea runs its music industry. And So Neo Shi Dae found them themselves caught right in the middle of the copyright crossfire, on the eve of their successful comeback!
Here’s the rundown:
Around April, a video titled ‘Tell Me Your Wish, Original Song’ was uploaded on the internet. The past month or so it started making the rounds, with netizens seeing Uzbekistan singer Dineyra singing “Ruqsga Tushgin” an essentially slowed-down down version of “Tell Me Your Wish.” Shock! Horror! How could, SM, venerable, honorable man that he is, so carelessly
plagiarize the material of some of his top superstars? Soshi’s stormed offices, wrote letters, demanded answers!
Then, a twist in this crucial story; it is revealed that it was in fact Dineyra who used the song without permission! Furious that this “Dinero” or whomever would dare besmirch the name of their company, SM confirmed to the masses that indeed they officially, legally, bought the rights to “Tell Me Your Wish” from Universal Music Publishing group, releasing a statement saying they “received permission to release it for the first time in the world. We received a demo from the [team], and SM adjusted the song, editing the melody and lyrics to create the new song.”
Hurrah! Complete vindication for SM and SNSD! But, phew, did we just narrowly miss an international incident there or what? Only one overproduced genie song at a time, people.
I heard Universal Music Publishing Group is filing a lawsuit case against that Dineyra woman and their company. I smell trouble for her.
i don’t care about plagiarism but well its important i guess but i still love them
T___T
oh SM, you ridiculous. If it were a person, SM would be the mentally abusive rich husband. Secure and upstanding and produces excellent groups while in reality being self-serving ~batards~
it turned out for the best in the end?
it’s like antis will go to ANYTHING to put SNSD down. too bad they failed each time. ridiculous.
I knew it was going to turn okay for them.
This might be pretty old news, but I recently came across a picture from a magazine of a Philippine actress named Jewel Mische who had a photoshoot eerily similar to this original “marine” concept of SNSD (the airplane, the insignias, the white blazer, short skirts). Here’s the pic: http://www.showbizgossips.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/jewel1.jpg This picture is from a magazine which was published on December 2008. Here’s a copy of the cover just in case: http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x122/apriljheng/Pilot%20Jewel/cover1.jpg
I am not from the Philippines so I don’t really know this girl. I’m just passing on some info that is quite interesting since this whole “copying” thing seems to be “hot” right now, as you yourself pointed out.
Is it wrong that I kind of like some of the dance of Dinerya in this song? o_O
SM always buy the rights and give the official credits, unlike other korean companies. They never use the words “inspiration” or “sampling”. I don’t know why there’s still a doubt in SNSD case.
“SM confirmed to the masses that indeed they officially, legally, bought the rights to “Tell Me Your Wish” from Universal Music Publishing group” i’m curious if hardcore soshi fans who believe had become a little disenchanted. Crazy fans tend to think that their idols write and produce their own music.
I smell foul play. I still believe SNSD did it! Seems like a lot of kpop music is plagiarized anyways:p No worries. Music is UNIVERSAL.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
hmmm for some reason I don’t believe SM…
They steal songs, so people should steal, illegally download, their music. Seems fair to me. =)
But seriously can they not produce their own music, seems kind of lame to buy someone else’s song. And of course SM would go to Uzbekistan.
I like how people accuse Kpop to be entirely filled with plagiarism. Perhaps there are more instances in Korea than in the States or Europe, but at least the Kpop industry usually buys the rights to songs or gets the license for samples. Unlike other East Asian countries, I might add.
@TheTruth
People in any country’s music industry buy samples and songs all the time. Even Will Smith famously bought stuff from JYP back when he was trying to make it as a producer in America, remember?
Is it bad if I personally preferred the other version than SNSD’s? Because yeah, I do ._. I LOVE SNSD, but the song sort of lacks this feel to it that Dineyra (or whatever her name is) has that I like.
I don’t think it matters if the song is legal or not. I think the point of the anitis was the disregard the musical talent of SNSD not prove the song is illegal.
I too think it’s sort of stupid when people[including me] say the like a group because of their musical talent[because we are blinded by fangirling] because must of these companies have people that make the songs and lyrics and most often write demo tapes. Essentially they are there to look good, perform and collect the hearts of fans.
I still love them, but that’s what I think the reason is behind antis making/revealing this kind of stuff.
Good that they cleared their names.
Shit if entertainment companies just came up with original songs instead of copying them (with rights or not) they wouldn’t get in ordeals like those. Nowadays there are just as many up and coming producers as there are artist. Not that fucking hard to go and find one.
^Many companies actually buy songs from elsewhere. The famous Johnny’s Entertainment actually buys most of their tunes from Sweden. When you’re running like 10 different groups, it’s easier to just purchase songs than getting someone to write them all. Do the maths; say there are 10 groups, and each group is planning to release an album of about 12 songs. That’s 120 songs to write there. Do you think it’s actually a sensible idea? It’s easier for you to say “it can’t be that hard to get someone to write them” when all you’re thinking about is the title track.
I find it kind of stupid that people are still going “HMM I STILL SMELL A CONSPIRACY.” Do you not have anything better to ponder about than pointing fingers where they do not belong? SM’s released official statements, along with those that proved the song was an exclusive one purchased from Universal Music Publishing group. At least they’re fully acknowledging where it came from; SM has never tried to hide it when they buy rights to a song, or released a remake. I’m not sure why they’re such a popular target for crazy netizens with nothing better to do with their time.
This is kind of old news, but it’s nice to see it officially posted so that people can get correct the previous misconception that SM plagiarized.
Didn’t SM win an producer award? Why do SM-artists never produce music themselves? That’s why people love Big Bang, Epik High etc.
SM Entertainment’s profits total the billions, of course they wouldn’t steal a song without buying the rights first and crediting the original composers/songwriters.
Common sense people.
SM just uses money to solve everything.
yeah i agree with Maiself.
Pop groups are more about image and marketing that creative expression. We’ve always known that. Even in America.
But anyways, I’m pretty much over how most of the entries on seoulbeats sounds like they could be found in a pre-teen’s fanfic or a really bad tabloid that is trying to hard to sound intelligent.
i knew snsd wouldnt do that kind of thing and im happy they didnt.
who eva copied their song should feel guilty.
i wanna say something to the antis of snsd if you dont like them LEAVE THEM ALONE!… please?
soshi hwaiting!!!
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