Li Yijunfang said that Guo Youcai's cover of "The Promise" involves copyright issues that should be handled by the copyright company, Guo Youcai's girlfriend: Copyright issues are being communicated

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2024-05-24 22:34Posted on the official account of Hebei Hebei News Network

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Recently, because of the song "Promise", Guo Youcai (formerly known as Guo Zhuang), a young man from Heze, Shandong, became popular, with tens of millions of fans in 10 days, becoming a phenomenal Internet celebrity. With the arrival of huge traffic, Guo Youcai also aroused doubts from some netizens, saying that he sang "Promise" in the live broadcast room and accepted rewards from the audience for suspected infringement. On the morning of May 23, Guo Youcai, who was caught in the whirlpool of copyright disputes, also turned off the reward function during the live broadcast.

According to a report by Red Star News on May 23, Ding Xiaowen, the lyricist of "The Promise", said, "I think that all the use of these songs today, whether it is sung, performed or used, should actually be approved and authorized by the original creator." She believes that Guo Youcai's behavior is a commercial behavior, and the function of paying for rewards should be opened, and the profits should be reasonably distributed to songwriters.

According to public information, the original singer of "Promise" is Li Yijun, lyrics Ding Xiaowen, composer Liu Tianjian, Tu Huiyuan, Xu Dechang arrangement, included in Li Yijun's album of the same name "Promise", released by Shanghua Records in 1995.

Not long after Guo Youcai's live broadcast on May 24, the number of people in the live broadcast room reached 100,000+. (Screenshot of Guo Youcai's live broadcast room)

On May 24, a staff member of Li Yijun's business team told a reporter from Zongguan News, "We artists (Li Yijun) don't know this person (Guo Youcai). Regarding the copyright issues involved in Guo Youcai's cover of "The Promise", this staff member said that Alan Tam also covered it, and the copyright issue should be handled by the copyright owner and the record company.

According to public reports, in February 1999, Universal Music Group spent a huge amount of money to acquire PolyGram Group, one of the world's largest record companies, including PolyGram's subsidiaries such as Shanghua and Fumao. In 2019, Universal Music Rights Management Group established a wholly-owned subsidiary in China, Mexia Music Copyright Agency (Beijing) Co., Ltd., which is mainly responsible for the copyright operation and management of Universal Music in Chinese mainland.

On May 15, 2020, the official website of the Music Copyright Association of China announced that Mexia Music Copyright Agency (Beijing) Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Universal Music Copyright Management Group, had joined the association. However, according to upstream news reports, the reporter inquired in the works managed by the China Music Copyright Association and found that there was no Li Yijun's "Promise".

On the afternoon of May 24, the reporter contacted Mexia Music Copyright Agency (Beijing) Co., Ltd., but the staff declined the reporter's interview on the grounds that it was "not very convenient".

On May 23, Guo Youcai released his first solo single "Life is Like a Play". At 10 o'clock in the morning on May 24, Guo Youcai started the live broadcast as scheduled, and the reporter noticed that not long after the live broadcast started, the number of people reached 100,000+. In the live broadcast, Guo Youcai mentioned the single released yesterday, saying that this new single was filled in by himself, and summarized the things he had written and painted for so many years, which was an encouragement to his family and an encouragement to himself. As of press time, the song "Life is Like a Play" has 561,000 likes on Guo Youcai's Douyin account.

On the afternoon of the 24th, in response to the copyright issues caused by Guo Youcai's cover of "The Promise", a reporter from Zongguan News contacted Guo Youcai's girlfriend Su Chang, who said that the copyright issue was being communicated and handled. The reporter wanted to know more about the communication situation, Su Chang said "I'm busy now", and I will contact the reporter again.

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