Since the mid to late 1990s, Korean pop songs and films have been widely sought after by young Chinese people, and are known as the “Korean Wave”. In recent years, Chinese singers have been stealing Korean songs like crazy. In this regard, the South Korean authorities announced on the 21st, has been a major search for evidence of the situation, and will be held accountable.
The Yonhap news agency reported that South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) said on May 21 that it will actively respond to the situation of some Chinese record companies stealing Korean music rights on the video site YouTube.
The report said the ministry is working through music trust management groups such as the Korea Music Copyright Association, the Korea Music Performers Association and the Korea Recording Industry Association to get a hold of some Chinese record companies that cover songs sung by Korean singers and upload them to YouTube, registering them as “original songs” through the Content ID system. The music trust management group is continuing to obtain information about the Chinese record companies that have covered songs by Korean artists and uploaded them to YouTube, registering them as “original songs” through the content identification system (Content ID) in order to circumvent the terms and conditions and start making money.
The music trust management group is continuing to collect evidence and seek solutions to deal with the infringement. The Korean Copyright Protection Institute is also stepping up its monitoring of YouTube infringement. It has evidence that some Chinese record companies are illegally whoring, and will try to hold them accountable for the infringement.
On the other hand, the Korean Music Copyright Association named on the 18th that a number of songs such as “Morning Tears” by Korean female singer IU, “It’s been a year” by Brown Eyes, and “Waiting” by Yunho were stolen, covered and profited from by Chinese parties on YouTube without authorization.
The Korea Music Copyright Association criticized that the royalties that should have gone to Korean record producers and performers were split by the appropriators for profit.
Korean singer IU sings at the KPOP Music Awards in Seoul. (Starnews/AFP via Getty Images)
Back in 2018, Chinese Communist Party media exposed themselves to the seriousness of China’s copying of South Korean programs and said Chinese variety shows were addicted to copying South Korea, sparking outrage among South Korean netizens.
The report said that South Korea has become a key learning target for Chinese TV people because of its cultural similarities with China and its leading development in the entertainment industry. For example, most of the variety shows that have emerged from China’s major TV stations are originally from South Korea, such as “Run, Run, Run”, “Where’s Dad Going”, “I’m a Singer” and so on.
There are also “copycat” versions of “Three Times Three Meals”, “The Law of the Jungle”, “Yoon Food Hall”, etc. These variety shows have been named by the Korean side. Shanghai Oriental TV’s variety show “Ultimate Challenge” was also publicly accused by MBC in the program of copying Korea’s “Infinite Challenge”.
South Korea’s “Culture Daily” also accused that “Idol Trainee”, which had been a hit on Akiyon, was a copy of South Korea’s “produce101”. And Hunan TV’s variety shows “Life to Live” and “Chinese Restaurant” are completely copied from the popular Korean variety shows “Three Times Three Meals” and “Yoon Food Hall” created by well-known Korean producer Ro Young-seok.
In 2018, the South Korean list of “copied” included almost all of China’s popular domestic variety shows at the time.
In early 2018, South Korea passed a bill to hold Chinese “copycat variety shows” accountable after the Chinese Communist Party issued a “restriction on Korea” in 2017 due to the “Sade” incident, but Chinese Not only that, but many variety shows have plans for a new season of copycat Korean shows.
What is even more outrageous is that in addition to Korean variety shows being copied by China, even Korean celebrities are being copied. Chinese netizen Chaiu’s videos or photos are almost identical to Korean singer IU in terms of facial features, face shape and hairstyle, hence the name “Chinese version of IU” and “copycat version of IU”.
In January 2021, Chaiu’s face was circulated on the internet and netizens were shocked to see that her real body was completely similar to IU’s. They criticized her for using deep fake technology to change her appearance for hype, which made her supporters very disappointed.
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