BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Following the criticism of the lyrics of "Thief Will Go", folk singer Hua Congee has fallen into controversy because of "infringement".
Recently, some netizens pointed out that the flower porridge "Mother Wants Me to Marry" cover Belarusian folk songs are suspected of infringement, although its affiliated brokerage company issued an apology letter, saying that it has been authorized, but another "Douyin Divine Comedy" "Out of the Mountain" is still involved in infringement disputes. At present, the original author of the accompaniment, BachBeats, has decided to carry out "rights protection".
Source: Screenshot of music website
The infringement of "Mother Wants Me to Marry" was forgiven: it was re-removed
On March 3, some netizens pointed out that the popular folk singer Hua Congee released "Mother Wants Me to Marry" in 2012 "copied" the Russian folk song of the same name, and the comparison chart showed that the lyrics of the two songs were exactly the same. As soon as the incident came out, it triggered a heated discussion, and the Weibo discussion reached the level of "boiling".
On March 3, some netizens posted that "Mother Wants Me to Marry" was exactly the same as the lyrics of the Russian song of the same name.
On the 4th, Hua Congee apologized on Weibo, saying that there was a work omission when the old song was packaged and uploaded to the platform, and responded to the question by posting "Or Say Something" on his WeChat public account.
Hua Congee explained that since 2012, he has been uploading music on the Douban Musician website, "Friends occasionally write me lyrics, I also record some adaptations and covers, because the amount of listening is very small, my fame is also very small, so many times I can't contact the original author."
In 2012, Hua Congee communicated with netizens about the song "Mom Wants Me to Get Married". Source: Screenshot of the WeChat public account "Flower Porridge and Friends"
At that time, she saw this word in a Douban post that was very interesting, and the search found that there was very little information about the song, so she composed the song and posted it to the Douban station. When she gradually became famous, music also appeared in major players, but the lyrics of this song were written as flower porridge, which she did not expect at all.
On March 5, the SAG Stage Arts Working Group, the agency to which Hua Congee belongs, issued an apology and statement on the cover infringement incident, saying that it had contacted Xue Fan, the Chinese translator of the lyrics of "Mom Wants Me to Marry", and obtained understanding and authorization.
Source: Weibo "SAG Stage Art Working Group"
Mr. Xue Fan's handwritten statement pointed out that the song does not need to be removed from the shelves, and the information of the translator can be corrected. At the same time, he also clarified that this Belarusian folk song has nothing to do with the Aleksandrov Red Flag Song and Dance Troupe.
It is understood that Mr. Xue Fan is a famous Chinese musicologist and translator, and his representative work is the well-known song "Evening outside Moscow".
Musician "Feng Xiang of Wuhan" said on Weibo that in the "Mother Wants Me to Marry" incident, flower porridge did constitute infringement, but as the most important element of "plagiarism", the right of attribution is obviously unintentional.
"Out of the Mountains" was accompanied by the original author "rights protection"?
But at the same time that Hua Congee and the brokerage company apologized for the infringement, her other blockbuster song "Out of the Mountain" also caused netizens to question.
The song "Out of the Mountains". Source: Music platform screenshots
"Out of the Mountain" is a folk song sung by Hua Congee and Wang Shengnan, included in the September 2018 album "Porridge Invitation", which has gained high popularity on the short video platform.
Some netizens pointed out that "Out of the Mountain" is very similar to the beat (accompaniment) of the song "Super Love". It was later confirmed that this accompaniment was indeed purchased from foreign websites for copyright use. The reporter saw in the song introduction of "Out of the Mountain" that the original producer of the accompaniment, Bach Beats, was marked as "music production", and the lyrics and composition were flower porridge.
On March 5, netizen "JKAI" posted "< Izumi > the original BachBeats rights protection officially launched (Day1)", saying that the original producer BachBeats pointed out that Hua Congee had released the accompaniment of "Out of the Mountain" on a music platform, which was not allowed in the contract of the copyright website.
The article said, "Because Of the unauthorized distribution of "Super Love" accompaniment by Hua Congee, and the omission/deletion of the original composer's signature, serious economic losses were caused to the original BachBeats." Now the company CZ Jienuo Culture Media is entrusted to handle rights protection matters on behalf of the company. At present, this song "Out of the Mountain (Accompaniment)" can no longer be searched on the music platform.
On March 5, netizen "Jackie JKAI" posted "< out of the mountain> the original BachBeats rights protection officially launched (Day1)"
At noon on the 6th, "JKAI" once again posted a screenshot of Wang Shengnan and BachBeats' emails, Wang Shengnan said that he bought the accompaniment and copyright for $199, added his own melody and lyrics in China, and did not understand why people were controversial.
On the music copyright website, the selling price of the song copyright ranges from 39.99-199.99 US dollars, and the musician can obtain the right to use a musical work by paying for it, without paying and all the royalties generated during the validity of the contract, and the use rights are different at each price point.
Source: Video screenshot