In the early morning of this (23rd), musician Guan Xiaotian posted on Weibo that the cover of the album "Standard Definition 23'42" he commissioned to design was plagiarism, and briefly listed 6 points, "My team and I have already done and will do the measures to do this."
In response, netizens said, "I haven't seen such a refreshing announcement in a long time. "Very good, it should be the consensus of every creator to firmly oppose plagiarism. ”
Guan Xiaotian’s Weibo screenshot
On April 22 this year, Guan Xiaotian released the album "Standard Definition 23'42" in his personal name, which contains 9 tracks.
However, recently some netizens discovered that the cover design of the album is highly consistent with the album cover designed by graphic designer Braulio Amado in 2018.
Even netizens lamented that "I don't even change the color", "The degree of copying and pasting is completely different", "There is no need for plagiarism at all, it's just laziness, laziness plus no bottom line."
Two album covers face to compare
Guan Xiaotian said in his post that after knowing that the album cover was plagiarized, he had sent an email to the designer who was plagiarized, telling the whole story of the incident, the actions taken, the sincere apology, and the discussion on subsequent solutions.
At the same time, he also said that all online album covers will be replaced with new designs and reprinted and packaged physical records of all three media (CD/tape/vinyl) as soon as possible. Packages of physical albums sold will be recalled as much as possible and replaced for free.
Netizens praised Guan Xiaotian and his team's attitude and speed in handling plagiarism incidents. "The treatment was given within one day, and they had started to communicate with all parties within one day, which was very responsible. The announcement was also written smoothly and easily understood, and the position and attitude were clear." "The first time I saw someone responding to plagiarism that was so fast and sincere, and there were specific measures."
Editor Li Jie
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