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The official version of "Wild Wolf Disco"
When it comes to the most "brainwashing" divine comedy of 2019, I am afraid it is none other than "Wild Wolf Disco".
Singer Gems Gem (real name Dong Baoshi, also known as "Old Uncle") released this song as a single on September 2, 2019. The magical melody made this song "out of the circle" soon and became widely known. A month later, Gems Gem released a version that sang with star William Chan, which became popular on the Internet.
At the end of 2019, this song appeared on the New Year's Eve concert of Four Davids TV, and appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala under the name "New Year Disco" on the New Year's Eve, and became a national divine comedy for a while.
CCTV Spring Festival Gala "New Year's Disco" Image source: Spring Festival Gala Weibo
On January 24, Dong Baoshi posted a Weibo post after the CCTV Spring Festival Gala that decided to donate all the royalties of "Wild Wolf disco" to the medical care in Wuhan. personnel.
and such a phenomenal single is now involved in infringement lawsuits.
Finnish musician Vilho Ihaksi claimed to own the copyright of this piece of music, saying that he could not tolerate that someone would make a lot of commercial use of this piece of music; at the same time, this copyright dispute also attracted a “third party” who claimed to own the song. Massima International Media, the exclusive copyright in China.
Netizens also enthusiastically discussed this copyright dispute, and there are various opinions...
"Wild Wolf Disco" is caught in copyright dispute
Finnish musician Viho Ihaksi said that he was the original Beat (accompaniment part of "Wild Wolf Disco" ) The composer of "More Sun", and his work was completed in 2018. At that time,
opened his music to netizens for free use, and the only condition was that he was a creator and not for commercial use.
Finnish musician Viho Ihaksi showed off his ID card
Ihaksi and even showed his ID card, as well as the song’s soundtrack certificate. Although the film has not been made public on Ihaksi's own social media account, the filming date is January 10 this year. To make things more complicated, the original author Ihaksi has exclusively licensed the comprehensive copyright (including exclusive use, exclusive commercial development, exclusive brokerage and exclusive litigation) of the song "More Sun" to Massima International in China. Any use of "More Sun" in China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) shall be authorized by Massima International.
But according to the original author, the wild wolf team has not contacted Ihaksi. "Ihaksi was almost the last one to know about the commercial performances, commercials and Spring Festival Gala of "Wild Wolf Disco"."
And on various music platforms, "Wild Wolf Disco" is written in the arrangement column of the song "Ihaksi" first name.
On January 15, Zhao Zhigong, a lawyer from Shanghai Hanyuan Law Firm, sent a lawyer's letter to the wild wolf team, stating that Finnish creator Vilho Ihaksi entrusted him to defend the rights of his work. According to media reports, a man surnamed Chen in Taiwan, China, contacted Dong Baoshi’s team and stated that he had the exclusive rights to "More Sun" in Greater China, and hoped to cooperate with Dong Baifang and get everything from "Wild Wolf Disco" The total profit of licensed products is about 40%.
But according to Dong Baoshi, the man did not produce any supporting documents and was rejected by Dong Baoshi. According to the industrial and commercial information of
, the legal representative of Massima International Media, who claims to own the exclusive copyright of the song in China, is Chen Chaoxian. The company was registered in Fengtai District, Beijing in 2015 with a registered capital of 5 million yuan.
Dong Baoshi responded: he has purchased the copyright
. In response to this, Baoshi Gem responded on Weibo live broadcast on the evening of February 3, saying that he had purchased a non-exclusive Beat track of Ihaksi's work for $99 in July 2019.
In November 2019, he contacted Ihaksi himself through a friend and repeatedly expressed his hope that he could buy the exclusive right to use "More Sun", which also showed that he would let the other party offer a satisfactory price. Unfortunately, many negotiations failed, and Ihaksi expressed his unwillingness to sell the exclusive rights. In the last contact, Ihaksi suddenly said that he had sold the exclusive rights to others.
Finally, the gem Gem said: "The hot search I want to see is that the epidemic is under control. Let the bullets fly for a while. I feel very sorry. I will leave it to the law to judge anything. Don’t just tag me."
Gems Gem also provided evidence of purchase screenshots and emails during the live broadcast.
Gems Gem also revealed that someone contacted his agent after that, saying that he had bought out the Beat copyright and wanted to discuss cooperation. He needed to change his words, sing a version of "Wild Wolf Disco" in Hokkien, and report it. A huge share of the amount. But when the broker asked the other party to issue the purchase time and supporting documents, the other party was unable to provide it. The scope of authorization of
has become the focus of controversy.
lawyer Zhao Zhigong posted on his Weibo account that he pointed out that popular rap songs are divided into three parts: lyrics, music, and accompaniment. The accompaniment part is a very critical creative motivation in rap music The rap lyrics and melody composition of "Wolf Disco" belong to the creation of gem Gem, but Beat uses the work "More Sun" released by Finnish music producer Vilho Ihaksi in December 2018.
Zhao Zhigong also pointed out that the two special sound effects at the beginning of "Wild Wolf Disco" and the "Ihaksi" pronounced by a male voice with a lowered pitch are exactly the "anti-theft watermark" that Ihaksi added to his work. Vilho Ihaksi also specially recorded a video showing the identity information and the DAW project files of "More Sun" on the computer and all the music tracks. These files are unique. It can be said that only the author Vilho Ihaksi's computer has them in the world.
video screenshot
At present, the focus of the dispute between the two parties is mainly on the scope of rights and interests in the $99 authorization contract. According to Ihaksi, the $99 authorization is very limited, and can only be used for non-commercial use, and TV, advertising, and commercial performances are strictly prohibited. If wants to obtain these permissions, you need to purchase a new license at a higher price.
According to the authorization contract of Ihaksi's music works, it can be seen that prohibits large-scale commercial for-profit use of in principle, and prohibits all for-profit performances, variety shows, and concerts. In order to avoid foreign musicians from using their works for commercial purposes and to prevent excessive use of music, music producers will add specific recordings to the music they provide, which is the "anti-theft watermark" mentioned above.
According to Gem Gem's recent live broadcast, 's brokerage company purchased Unlimited Lisence, which is the unlimited use right . In addition, according to the live video of Gem Gem, under the Unlimited version clearly writes out the For Profit Live Performances (For Profit Live Performances) .
Gems GEM live screenshots
Daily Economic News (WeChat ID: nbdnews) reporter noted that the focus of contention in this gem GEM incident is that is in the contract. The "unlimited" version can only be used for non-commercial performances. However, in the website's rights overview, both versions can be used for profitable live performances.
So, will the "exclusive use rights" purchased by Massima International have an impact on the authorization that the gem Gem team previously bought for $99?
According to the contract, Gems Gem has purchased the "unrestricted" version for 5 years, and even if someone buys the exclusive license, it will not affect the previously sold "unrestricted" use right. In addition, Ihaksi has also been in the recorded videoSaid: "All previously sold licenses are valid according to the agreement."
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