YG says the problem stemmed from two completely different songs with similar title being included on G-Dragon’s live performance setlist in 2009
G-Dragon of Massive Bang and Yang Hyun-suk, the top of Ok-pop powerhouse YG Leisure, are being probed over alleged violation of copyright regulation, officers mentioned Wednesday.
“Police have launched an investigation into the 2 after receiving a grievance in November from a composer who claimed that the singer and Yang had illegally copied the composer’s tune,” an official at Seoul’s Mapo Police Station advised The Korea Herald.
Police have twice raided YG Leisure’s headquarters in Seoul’s Mapo-gu and have questioned these concerned within the case, the official added. The official declined to remark additional on the problem, saying that the case is “ongoing.”
The composer claimed that YG Leisure had illegally copied “G-Dragon,” the tune he made, and later produced and launched it as a part of G-Dragon’s stay solo live performance album “Shine a Mild” in 2010 with out authorization, in accordance with native stories. Producing and distributing albums with out the permission of the one who made the music violates Article 136 of the Copyright Act.
The tune was registered with the Korea Music Copyright Affiliation in 2001, with the person listed because the composer and arranger.
A senior official at YG Leisure advised The Korea Herald that the case doesn’t violate the copyright regulation.
“The artist (G-Dragon) included two completely different songs throughout his solo live performance in 2009 that occurred to have the identical title on the setlist, so this isn’t a case of copyright infringement,” the official defined, declining to offer additional data on the continued investigation.
An official at Galaxy Company, G-Dragon’s company, additionally echoed the identical remarks, declining to remark additional on the problem.
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