On January 28, singer Meng Jia released the cover of her latest music album on her personal social media, because the scale of the picture was too large, and a stone stirred up thousands of waves.
Soon, some netizens found out the source of Meng Jia's cover idea, which was exactly the same as a photo of a foreign female model, not only dressed, but even the person's posture and the degree of opening and closing of the pants were exactly the same, as if copying and pasting.
Seeing that the plagiarism incident was fermenting more and more severely, Meng Jia's studio also came out for the first time to admit that it was the negligence of the staff, so that the boss Meng Jia back the pot, and then they would change the cover and compensate the original author.
First silently plagiarized, then after being discovered, silent, apologize and compensate after the matter is big, and dare to continue next time. This plagiarized routine now seems to have become the unspoken rule of the Chinese music scene.
As long as it is not discovered, the plagiarized work is its own original, the result of its own painstaking efforts, as long as it is discovered, then quickly use apologies to perfunctory. It seems that since the beginning of these years, the Chinese music scene has become a common practice of plagiarism, and there is no bottom line more and more.
This time it was cover plagiarism, and the previous music plagiarism was even more rampant.
At the beginning of January, some fans proposed that the now popular Internet song "Simple Happiness", the chorus partially copied Xu Song's work "Why Not" ten years ago. Suddenly, doubts abounded on the Internet.
Although the official appraisal results have not yet been announced, from the comparison of the two songs heard so far, the two songs dare not say exactly the same, but it can be said that it is almost copy-paste. Fans who are slightly familiar with this classic song can tell whether there is plagiarism or not.
However, in the face of public doubts, the so-called author of "Simple Happiness" actually publicly shouted on the Internet, "At least I am more popular than him, and now the platform is my work, is this what he can compare?" Why didn't he have fire? ”。
Good guy, others accused him of plagiarism, he changed the topic, saying that he was more popular than the original author Xu Song, so his creative level was better than the other party, which was a logical ghost!
Of course, this is not an isolated case, let's go back a little bit.
In July last year, a singer named Fu Hao sang "Borrowing Wine to Dispel Sorrows" in just a few days, directly spread throughout the Internet. As a result, this song was just heard by the famous musician Gao Jin, and found that it was exactly the same as the chorus melody of his previous work "Thief of Hearts".
At that time, Gao Jin posted his own statement of doubt on the Internet, and the singer named Fu Hao did not have a hard mouth, and immediately apologized and removed the work. Gao Jin also had a large number of adults, and did not think too much about him, and this matter was later so settled.
There are too many plagiarism cases like this. Today's Chinese music scene is being smoked by these so-called young musicians, plagiarism has become a trend, and it has become a cancer in the entertainment industry.
Originality is not easy, and creating a good song requires not only talent, but also inspiration and luck. Many times, a classic work often consumes a lot of effort from the original musician and is finally presented to the fans.
However, those who plagiarize, take the lyrics to replace, and then slightly adjust the chords, it becomes their so-called original works, and then put on the Internet to become a hit, followed by fame and fortune to earn a pot of money! This is undoubtedly the greatest disrespect for original musicians.
If this continues, I am afraid that there will be fewer and fewer musicians who insist on being original in the future! If this is the case, everyone will be opportunistic and become a music tailor! If you can gain fame and fortune by changing the classic works casually, why do you still work so hard to make original works?
Of course, even if there is more plagiarism, there are still many pursuing musicians who will continue to do their own originals, but such plagiarism chaos continues to occur, which will largely chill the creators who really make Chinese music with their hearts.
In the final analysis, the main reason these plagiarists are so rampant is that the cost is too low.
Like this time, the attitude of the MengJia team is still relatively good, and after apologizing, it will also find compensation from the original author. But most of the time, the attitude of many plagiarists is like Luo Cong,not admitting that it is still justified, and others have no way to take him, even if they want to compensate, the loss fee may not be enough for one percent of their plagiarism income.
So this type of plagiarists will continue to plagiarize in a dignified manner, and blatantly label their works as original.
On the contrary, if the cost of plagiarism is too high, once these musicians are found to have plagiarized, they will be pulled into the blacklist of the industry, and then they will not be allowed to make money in the industry, which will inevitably deter those who want to copy by chance! Even if there are many small ideas in their hearts, but people who believe in a little clear-headedness will not bet on their future to make quick money.
The chaos of plagiarism in the Chinese music scene should really be managed!