IU accused of plagiarizing 6 songs, his agency replies
According to a report by Maeil Business, an anonymous person filed a complaint against IU at Gangnam Police Station in Seoul on May 8, accusing the singer of copyright infringement and claiming that six of IU’s songs are suspected, other domestic and foreign songs to have copied.
The report mentioned “Boo” and “Pitiful” from his 2009 debut studio album Growing Up, as well as “Good Day” (2010), “The Red Shoes” (2013), “Bbibbi” (2018) and “Celebrity (2021 ), as quoted in the police report.
According to the prosecutor, the songs copied from the works of other artists had a similar melody and rhythm and used similar chords.
“These songs are very similar in melody and rhythm to the original works and often use the same chords. “Good Day” and “The Red Shoes” in particular are very similar (to the other songs) to the point that anyone who hears them will find them similar.
I suspect plagiarism at the beginning of the six songs, this is the part that sets the mood and tone of the songs and grabs the listener and makes them decide whether to listen to the song or not. – prosecutor
In fact, “The Red Shoes” sparked controversy when it was released in 2017 due to similarities to German band Nekta’s “Here’s Us.”
The original author, Nekta, reportedly emailed Loen Entertainment, IU’s agency at the time, protesting the plagiarism, but received no response.
The accuser said: “There have been several allegations of plagiarism, but IU has not provided an explanation, instead flagging SNS posts that raise issues such as copyright infringement, leading to the removal of those posts.
I filed this complaint because I had a problem with the lack of awareness and the inappropriate attitude of the judiciary in determining copyright infringement and calculating damages in many copyright infringement-related cases.”
Regarding this, the IU agency EDAM Entertainment released a statement on the same day and said
” Good morning. This is EDAM Entertainment.
We express our gratitude to the fans who always send unwavering support and love to artist IU from our agency EDAM Entertainment.
We are aware of claims of plagiarism based on false information in online communities, social media, YouTube, etc., and printouts of baseless rumors have been circulated in some places.
In this regard, we have confirmed that several months ago, highly malicious messages were repeatedly published in many online communities, Naver Cafe, etc.
From the time the relevant allegations were made, we filed a complaint with an investigating agency through Shin Won Law Firm based on the evidence we collected of allegations of plagiarism, rumors of espionage, sexual harassment and defamation, dissemination of false information, infringement of privacy and more.
Wait [les résultats
concernant] Today we came across press reports about the progress of the investigative authorities [IU] had been reported to the police for allegations of plagiarism.
In this regard, we have not received any official contact from the investigating authority, which is why we first became aware that a report was being filed [a
été déposée] through a report.
We have not checked the content of the official complaint mentioned by the press and we inform you that we are in the process of understanding this information.
In addition, those who constantly spread distorted and false information not only attack the artist, but also the agency’s employees, as well as their workplace and acquaintances, with psychological and verbal abuse, causing great harm.
We are very aware of the seriousness of the problem and have realized that we cannot stand by and ignore this problem.
Defaming an artist’s reputation through malicious information, by presenting unsubstantiated and false information as if it were true, is clearly illegal and we emphasize that doing so is subject to strict legal action.
The agency plans to take vigorous legal action against the criminal acts of repeatedly uploading malicious slander messages and attacking the character
[de l’artiste] or reproduce incorrect information.
Additionally, we plan to continue our strong legal response by actively collecting and amending evidence of malicious messages in the future and personally monitoring them.
Accordingly, we ask fans to report any apparent criminal activity, including the spreading of malicious messages and rumors infringing on the artist’s privacy rights, through our official email.
Finally, we EDAM Entertainment will work hard to make IU and UAENA go the way
[le fan club officiel d’IU] will travel together, will shine with perfect happiness for a long time. THANKS “
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