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Well-known hip-hop artist MC HotDog "Hot Dog" fell in
The new song has been accused of plagiarism. September 5,
"Hot dog" issued an apology statement on Weibo,
Acknowledge that it was removed from the shelves
Inspiration for The Tenant Downstairs
From Zhu Deyong's comic "Jumping off the Building",
And apologize for your actions.
He said,
He has actively negotiated with Mr. Zhu Deyong about authorization.
September 6,
In an interview with reporters, Zhu Deyong said,
He accepted the apology of the other party,
But the "authorization" mentioned by "hot dogs",
He thinks the other party is in him
Unknowingly boiling "raw rice into mature rice",
He therefore refused authorization.
Comparative analysis:
From the theme idea to the lyrics
The content is similar
After comparing and analyzing the content of the new "Hot Dog" song "Tenant Downstairs" and Zhu Deyong's comic "Jumping off the Building", the reporter found that the song has similarities with the comic in terms of theme concept, plot framework, and specific content and language.
The song "Tenant Downstairs" and the comic "Jumping Building" both start with a desperate person who decides to jump off the building, and show the life difficulties faced by people on each floor in order of falling from top to bottom.
"Hot Dog" has announced that "Tenant Downstairs" will premiere on August 24, "Tenant Downstairs" describes the lives of residents on seven floors from the eighth floor to the second floor, and the "Jumping Building" comic describes the lives of residents on a total of nine floors from the tenth floor to the second floor. Among them, the situation of the residents on the four floors in "The Tenant Downstairs" is similar to the residents who appear in the comics, namely taking antidepressants, husband and wife conflicts, unemployment, and men wearing women's clothes. In addition, the lyrics at the end of "The Tenant Downstairs" and the climax of "Jumping Building" have the identity transition plot between the jumper and the downstairs residents, from the beginning of the fall process when the jumper observes the life of the downstairs residents, to all residents look sideways to see what the jumper looks like after landing. In this paragraph, the use of terms is also very similar, with only sporadic differences in word and word order in the penultimate paragraph. The comparison is as follows:
●"The Tenant Downstairs" has lyrics: "Before I jumped, I always felt miserable."
"Jumping off the Building" has the text "Before I jumped, I thought I was the most unlucky person in the world"
●"The Tenant Downstairs" has lyrics: "After watching them, I think it's actually not bad"
"Jumping off the Building" has the text "Now I know that everyone has unknown dilemmas, and after watching them, I deeply feel that I am actually doing well"
●"The Tenant Downstairs" has the lyrics: "All the people I watched just now are watching me, and I think they will think that after watching me, they will also think that they are actually doing well."
"Jumping off the Building" has the text "All the people who were just watched by me are now watching me, and I think that after they see me, they will also deeply feel that they are actually doing well"
"Hot dogs":
Apologize to Teacher Zhu Deyong
Actively negotiate with them about authorization
According to previous media reports,
Hip-hop artist MC HotDog (Hot Dog)
A few days ago, a new single "Tenant Downstairs" was released,
The original MV was launched on August 24,
But it was suddenly taken down,
It caused heated discussions among netizens.
Someone found songs and webcomic artists
Zhu Deyong's works are highly similar,
In this regard, "Hot Dog" issued an apology on September 5. In the apology statement, "Hot Dog" admitted that he had "done something very stupid." He said that the inspiration for the song was a text he stored in his own email in 2004, "The inspiration for this song came from a short article I read in 2004, but to be honest, I didn't know that the short article was from Mr. Chu Deyong's comic at the time of writing, and I didn't know until the single "Tenant Downstairs" came out and someone told me. I really thank Mr. Zhu Deyong for this work that year, which gave me the inspiration to write this song. "Hot Dog" also said, "For the original concept that Mr. Zhu Deyong has adhered to for a long time, I deeply respect and hereby sincerely apologize to Mr. Zhu Deyong, and I have actively negotiated with Mr. Zhu Deyong for authorization." ”
"Hot Dog" publicly apologized on September 5
Zhu Deyong responded:
The other party behaves with extreme disrespect
Accept the apology but refuse authorization
On September 6, Zhu Deyong said in an interview with reporters on this matter that he had known about it on August 24, and that the "hot dog" side put the music on the shelves at that time, which made him very uncomfortable, "This is extremely disrespectful to me personally."
According to Zhu Deyong, the "hot dog" party had discussed with him after the incident and distributed half of the copyright of the song to him, which was counted as a joint creation by both parties. But Chu argued that it was "extremely insulting" to him and caused him "secondary harm" because it happened without his knowledge and he did not participate.
"Actually, I think money is of course very important, but not important enough to do this," Zhu Deyong said, if the "hot dog" side does not publicly clarify the matter, maybe no one will remember in a few years, and then who is original will be a question, so the other party proposed the above plan and he rejected it on the spot.
"The story of "Jumping from the Building" has a strong enlightening effect, and I have only used it for public welfare over the years, and many people have talked to me about wanting to divert "Jumping from the Building" to commercial use, but I have always been reluctant." Zhu Deyong said that the relevant licensing of all his works will be planned in detail with the partner, and the two parties will reach a consensus before authorizing. This time, the "hot dog" party first put the song on the shelf, and then negotiated with him for authorization, which is "get on the bus first and make up the ticket" and "raw rice cooks mature rice", he could not accept it and refused to authorize.
Since the incident occurred for more than 10 days, Zhu Deyong's lawyer has been by his side, but he has always wanted to give the other party "a chance." "I'm very messy, and I'm messed up because I can't calm down and create. Because I have always been a person who cherishes feathers, I also clean myself and spend most of my time creating. When I was sitting at home drawing, I suddenly encountered this thing, and it actually interfered very, very much. All I ask for is a public apology and clarification. Zhu Deyong said.
"I waited 14 days and now I finally wait for an apology and clarification, I accept this apology, but do not want to authorize in this situation." Zhu Deyong said that everyone's originality should be respected, "because if the originality is not respected, I don't think we will have culture." I am still famous today and can speak for myself. What should some of the younger, just debuting people do if this happens to them? Will they have the opportunity to speak for themselves? I hope to use this incident as an example to make people realize that originality must be respected. ”
As for what will be done in the future, Zhu Deyong told reporters that he would study it again with his legal counsel.
Source丨Red Star News, News Square, Party Weibo Editor丨Jiang Zhuyun