The Voice of China has been held for 9 consecutive years, is the most veteran music talent show in China, although the popularity is not very high when it starts this year, it is still deeply concerned by everyone. It is said that such an experienced program should have enough understanding of music copyright issues, but The Voice of China still disappointed everyone!
On August 29, music creator Guo Ding posted an angry post late at night, saying that The Voice of China used two songs he created without authorization for two consecutive issues, namely "The Best" and "Travel in the Waves". Guo Ding's text was fiercely worded, bluntly saying that the good voice of China "uses the most vulgar way to dissolve the goodwill of music, destroy the efforts of the industry, and flout the justice of the law."
Finally, Guo Ding asked the Voice of China program team to reply by Monday, "I need to apologize." That is to say, China Voice only has one day to reply to Guo Ding today, but half a day has passed, except for last night's speech at Guo Ding, China Voice sent a congratulatory teacher Xie Tingfeng happy birthday copy, today at noon Xie Tingfeng and Li Jian interaction with a copy, there has been no more speech.
Guo Ding is a singer-songwriter, born in a musical family, and has been influenced by music since childhood
He successfully composed and published songs at the age of 15, and in 2005, at the age of 19, Guo Ding released his first solo album "Guo Ding D.Kwok.", which has won many honors since then.
While singing himself, he also composed many songs for other singers. This includes two songs that involve infringement.
"The Best" is originally sung by Xue Zhiqian, written by Guo Ding, Xiao Han and Liao Huiming, and composed by Guo Ding and Lin Qianyu. In the first episode of this season' Voice of China, he was sung by a student named Pan Hong.
"Journey in the Waves" is a song originally sung by Liu Xijun, guo Ding also participated in the lyrics and composition, and was sung by a student named TaiJinzhi in the second period.
Although these two songs are not Guo Ding's original songs, since he dares to speak out, he believes that the copyright is in the hands of him or the company he belongs to, and as a veteran variety show that has been held for 9 consecutive years, China Good Voice should have a high awareness of protecting music copyright, but it is unbelievable that he has made such a low-level mistake!
Is it the weak legal awareness of the program group? I don't think so, on the judgment document network, Shanghai Canxing Culture Media Co., Ltd., the parent company of the China Voice Program Group, sued various KTV for copyright infringement of up to 13147 records! You taste, you taste!
And now Guo Ding has been infringed by the chinese voice, but the program team has no response, which is to feel that they are on top, so they are dismissive?
Since the 2020 season of The Voice of China began airing, the negative discussion about the show online seems to have never stopped. The comprehensive strength of the teaching team is insufficient, a large number of "professional draft" singers have emerged, full-screen title advertisements, strange network broadcast platforms and so on. In the case of its own poor reputation, and suspected infringement, is this a cool rhythm? Don't they look at everyone's comments under the copywriting celebrating Nicholas Tse's birthday?
Nicholas Tse saw that the comments under the article congratulating him on his birthday were this atmosphere, which should be very embarrassing, right? I hope that the producers of the "Voice of China" program can give Guo Ding a reasonable explanation as soon as possible. After this, the brand reputation of the "Voice of China" program will inevitably be greatly negatively affected, but this is also the result of self-inflicted suffering. After this, I hope that the producers of "The Voice of China" can respect the copyright, respect the audience, and also respect themselves, so that the music world has a better creative environment!