In the face of copyright and originality, there is no gray area, only black and white.
Recently, the mold exploded again.
After the launch of the new album "Folklore", in just a few days, it set a record of more than 840,000 album sales, easily becoming the only female singer in history to have 7 albums selling more than 500,000 copies in a single week.
It's not just the album that blew up, it's also the lawsuit. Shortly after the release of Folklore, the album LOGO was accused of plagiarism. Amira Rasool, owner of the designer brand's online concept store, posted an image in Ins confirming that the font used in Mold's new album was not much different from her company's design.
As a result, a plagiarism storm was watched by the whole network.
After the incident, the mold side responded quickly, and its team also issued a statement at the first time that it would make changes to the design while apologizing, and recall all peripheral products printed with this LOGO.
Meanwhile, Amira responded to the statement on social networks, and between the words, it was all about mold and her team's approval. "She has always advocated that women must protect their creative rights, and it's nice to see her team do the same."
In addition to the plot, there is also the reputation of netizens. The style of the message area turned, and it instantly changed from the whole network to applause, almost all of which was a recognition of mold and the sincere attitude of the team.
A crisis becomes an opportunity. However, for more plagiarists, they have never had the good fortune of Amira.
Fame is the basis for plagiarism?
In the statement, Amira wrote: "I share my story because of the tendency of large companies or celebrities to imitate a few people, and I do not want this blatant theft to be unchecked." ”
This sentence precisely explains the reason why plagiarism is becoming more frequent and more "reasonable" nowadays.
In "Twenty Not Confused", this embarrassment is presented even more nakedly. Liang Shuang's beauty video was copied, and she found the person to confront, but the other party was a reasonable look.
Such a "bottom line", the owner of the brokerage company said the original reason - the judgment of plagiarism is never the facts, but the popularity.
When Liang Shuang, who has 150,000 fans, meets a million plagiarists with fans, the "fact" that people see in their eyes is no longer the same idea who released earlier, but "the law of nameless plagiarism is famous and successful.". Naturally, black and white are reversed, and the original person's heart is naturally like Liang Shuang, all of which are grievances.
More dramatic and brutal than the plot is reality.
In the current music scene, few people can be like mold, and even so, she will be caught in the copyright dispute and become a victim. Last year, because of a change of owners, moldy songs were sold to people who had bullied her without her knowledge, and most importantly, even she herself could not perform the songs she had written on the floor in public.
In the statement, Mold has this confession: "All along, I have been asking for the opportunity to own the copyright of the work. Instead, I got the opportunity to renew my contract with Big Machine Records and earn one album at a time— I had to get back an old one for every new album I handed in." In the face of powerful companies, Mold can only accept those unequal contract terms, at the cost of losing its initiative in originality.
Plagiarism or copyright disputes, for each original, what they care about is their own talented works, which can be seen by the public and recognized by everyone. Their demand is actually very simple – to be respected. Whether it's yourself, or your work.
Even such a simple appeal is still a luxury today.
Plagiarism is a form of bullying
Regardless of word of mouth or ratings, the results of the second season of "Youth Travel" are remarkable. However, opening its Douban homepage, in the cloud message, "plagiarism" has become a high-frequency word.
The shadows of "New Journey to the West" in the program were crossed by the golden eyes of netizens. From game design to cartoon characters, the details visible and invisible to the naked eye are clear at a glance without words.
There is also another variety show that is also caught in the storm, which is also no better than not knowing, one is more than frightened. The most interesting thing is that the director responded with full confidence: "Playing differently is the essence, the container for rice is the same, and the rice with different flavors is what people need to taste." Implicitly, plagiarism has become a skill. This can't help but remind people of a joke - a big copy of the world's articles, see if you will speculate or not copy.
Such a rational and strong, not only variety shows, from the cottage products on e-commerce to the animation creativity in tv, the plagiarists see themselves as nothing more than a short way on the road of fame and fortune, and in the eyes of the plagiarists, it is their own creativity and efforts that have suffered a "bullying".
Fortunately, when copyright awareness continues to spread, more and more people are no longer silent and choose to fight back. In the new season of "Talk Show Conference", Zhang Boyang turned the encounter that had been plagiarized into a paragraph on the stage. It seems to be an infringement on plagiarists, but also a defense of self-creativity.
Similarly, in the face of huge fans, Amira also chose to take the initiative and defend. The reason why people applaud mold and the team is not out of love, but because they show their due attitude and sincerity in solving problems in the face of infringement and plagiarism.
Although, some people shouted for the mold, thinking that the team's pot should not be carried by her. She herself joined the shouting, confessing to Amira: "I admire what you do, and I am happy to help your company support and donate to the Black in Fashion Council organization." ”
No passionate justification, no silent avoidance... In the face of copyright and originality, there is no gray area, only black and white.
Finally, I really want to say to those plagiarists: Please! Please don't insult our intelligence, okay?
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