【Text/Observer Network Zhang Zhaodong】
It has won two major awards of "Best Original Film Song" at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and "Best Song of the Year" at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards, and the song "The Name Engraved in My Heart" sung by Taiwanese singer Lu Guangzhong was recently exposed to a plagiarism scandal.
First, Taiwanese musician and variety show host Wu Zongxian bombarded the event, saying that the song copied the old English song "Reality"; then the island's PTT forum netizens broke the news that the song was extremely similar to a piano song "Freedom Hill" published by mainland musician JINBAO in 2019.
For the plagiarism scandal, the songwriter of "The Name Engraved in My Heart", the copyright company, and the brokerage company owned by Lu Guangzhong have denied it, and the "Executive Committee" of Jinma and Taiwan's cultural department also responded that the relevant disputes will be handled after legal judgment. Mainland musician JINBAO responded to this matter, saying that in popular songs, there are a few likes that are also very normal things, and they do not particularly care.
Screenshot of Taiwan media report
According to a number of Taiwan media reports such as "United News Network" and "ETtoday News Cloud" on August 29, Taiwanese singer and variety show host Wu Zongxian publicly criticized the plagiarism of the song "The Name Engraved in My Heart" when attending the event on the 28th.
"A plagiarized song, and then the Taiwanese judges gave him the best song of the year, and it was written as original." Wu Zongxian also sang the English song "Reality" after criticizing, he said that he had sung this song countless times in the folk song Western restaurant in his early years, and as soon as he heard the melody of the song "The Name Engraved in My Heart", he immediately had an association.
Wu Zongxian angrily criticized musicians for not even understanding this basic concept, he said: "I am really willing to tell that the king is not wearing new clothes at all, then Taiwan does not accept me like this, so I will slowly plan to leave the show business." ”
On the 29th, when Wu Zongxian was asked about this matter again, he still insisted on his point of view: "I believe that Lu Guangzhong has never heard of the song "Reality", let him talk about it himself." If there are more than 4 bars, the evaluation criteria in the songwriting world are already plagiarism. ”
Wu Zongxian Image source: Taiwan media
The song "The Name Engraved in My Heart" is the theme song of the movie "The Name Engraved in Your Heart", sung by Taiwanese singer Lu Guangzhong, who won the "Best Original Film Song" award at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards last year. On August 21 this year, the song won the "Best Song of the Year" award at the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards again.
The song was co-composed by Malaysian musicians Tan Man Wah, Hui Yuanting and Tse Ka Wan, and produced by Taiwanese musician Huang Yuxun. Lu Guangzhong posted the day after the award, bluntly saying that his award was "stained", "when I received this song demo (sample), I thought it was really good, the sub-melodic line of guitar and wind music, and the super high song fit, thanks to the songwriters of this song, Xu Yuanting, Jiawang and Chen Wenhua, as well as the arranger and producer Huang Yuxun, they created a good song." ”
Lu Guangzhong won the Golden Melody Award Image source: Taiwan media
After being criticized for plagiarism by Wu Zongxian, "The Name Engraved in My Heart" was re-exposed by Taiwanese netizens on the PTT forum, saying that the song also copied the piano song "Freedom Hill" ("Freedom Hill") published by mainland musician JINBAO in 2019, "The first few melodies are almost exactly the same." ”
This post triggered a hot discussion on the Taiwan Internet, and many netizens left messages after listening to the original song of "Freedom Hill", saying that "it is too similar" and "this is not just like it, it is exactly the same."
Another person said bluntly: "The credibility of Taiwan's Golden Melody Golden Horse Awards collapsed, and no one dared to show off this award in the future." ”
Many netizens also ran to Lu Guangzhong's Facebook comment area and posted asking him to return the award.
However, some people said: "The melody is the feeling of the creator, of course, there must be a frequency that will be similar." ”
On the 29th, Warner Music Publishing Co., Ltd., the copyright company of "The Name Engraved in My Heart", issued a statement saying that the song was the original work of the company's authors Xie Jiawang, Chen Wenhua and Xu Yuanting, and was definitely not plagiarized.
To this statement, Wu Zongxian responded: "This is their statement, but what happened to so many musicians and the ears of the listeners? ”
Lu Guangzhong's agency responded: "After comparison, there are certain differences in songs. We respect the creators of Malaysia and also respect the views of Brother Xian, thank you. ”
Warner Corporation Attorney Statement
For netizens to ask Lu Guangzhong to return the award, the "Golden Horse Executive Committee" responded on the 29th: "The Name Engraved in My Heart" is created for the film, rather than using a published song, so it meets this provision, if the song is determined by the final judgment of the law to have a copyright dispute, the association has the right to declare the qualifications are not in line with the qualifications and cancel the qualifications for the prize, but there is no such determination at present, so it will not cancel the qualifications for the award.
In addition, Taiwan's cultural department also came to mix a foot: the 32nd "Golden Melody Awards Annual Song" "The Name Engraved in My Heart" is suspected of involving copyright disputes, according to the "Copyright Law", it should be proposed by the copyright owner, and after the court's rigorous professional judgment, the "Film and Television Bureau of the Ministry of Culture" will then carry out follow-up disposal based on the judgment results.
Qu Youning, the screenwriter and producer of the movie "The Name Engraved in Your Heart", also spoke out in support of Lu Guangzhong, saying that he was just a singer and received this award on behalf of the team, but he was attacked for no reason, which was really unjustified.
As for the suspected plagiarism of the song, Qu Youning bluntly said that this was a "crime of desire". He wrote: "This song Demo has just come out to the present, as a film producer, I have not stopped going back to ask them to modify every link, so as to present the way it is now... I really think that the title of 'plagiarism' is a crime of wanting to add, and the legal aspects of intellectual property rights have also been violated, how serious is this? If either side says, one sentence obliterates everyone's hard work, I really think this is right? ”
Screenshot from Qu Youning Facebook
A veteran musician who served as a judge at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards told ETtoday News Cloud: "Reality has only two sentences that are almost the same, and this song was very popular in the 80s. He also believes that "The Name Engraved in My Heart" and the first six subsections of "Liberty Hill" are almost exactly the same, "but I think the creator's own cognition is the most important, whether there is plagiarism, I can hardly determine, can only say that it is very similar." ”
Another veteran music critic who served as a judge for the Golden Melody Awards said anonymously: "There is indeed a little similarity, but by the Golden Melody Awards selection criteria, the most important thing is that the song is popular and beyond the influence of the film itself." ”
In addition, Taiwan media reported that JINBAO, an independent mainland musician suspected of being plagiarized in the storm, responded in the early morning of the 29th on the NetEase cloud music platform: "People often send me private messages, and I will make an explanation here." I've heard about "The Name Engraved in My Heart", and the front is really quite similar. However, in popular songs, there are a few likes that also exist, and it is normal for harmony to be carried out. Of course, it is not excluded that the author has heard of my work. Personally, I don't particularly care. Just concentrate on your own business. Thank you. ”
Jinbao's response made the Taiwan media praise "atmosphere" and "high EQ (emotional intelligence)", but the observer network query found that on the netease cloud music platform JINBAO account homepage, this dynamic can not be found.
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