In the latest issue of "Riding the Wind and Waves Season 3", " Cyndi Wang Group" won the first place with the stage performance of "Star Lights". However, this incident attracted the attention of the original singer Zheng Zhihua . Zheng Zhihua was very concerned about the lyrics. Being changed indicates anger.
It turns out that in Cyndi Wang's song "Stars Light Up", the original lyrics "It's a dirty sky, stars can no longer be seen in the civilized sky" were changed to "It's a clear sky, you can always see them" ".
It is obvious that the meanings of these two lyrics are completely opposite. Zheng Zhihua’s anger seems understandable. Is this the truth?
netizens discovered that the lyrics had been changed three years ago. Did Zheng Zhihua only know about it now?
If this song was modified by Sister Lang’s team without the author’s consent, it would be really rude. Please pay attention to the wording here. It is rude, because the producer has most likely purchased the complete copyright of the song including the adaptation rights. In theory, they Can be adapted. But there is also a situation where copyright does not include the right to adapt, and you can only use the original work. Adaptation without consent is infringement.
However, this incident is not a matter of copyright scope, but netizens discovered that this song had been changed three years ago, and it was changed by CCTV.
The background of the modification at that time was because the original lyrics were too dark, and the changes were made in order to be suitable for the party. If not changed, the song would not be able to attend the party at all. In recent years, everyone has been singing the version with changed lyrics. From this point of view, there seems to be no problem with Sister Lang's program group.
The problem instead came to Zheng Zhihua. Why didn’t he speak out when it was changed 3 years ago? Now that Sister Lang is very popular, this song has once again attracted everyone's attention, but he posted a complaint. Some netizens said that he was taking advantage of the popularity, while others said that he bullied the weak and was afraid of the strong.
Music copyright contains 16 rights, which can be sold individually or in full.
Some people will say that adapting a song without the consent of the original author is an infringement. This involves copyright details, because there are as many as 16 rights in music copyright, and the right to adapt belongs to One of them, it can be sold as a package or individually.
A program like Sister Lang must make relatively large modifications to the songs, so it is unlikely that they did not purchase the adaptation rights just to save money.
After purchasing the adaptation rights, even if the original author doesn't like it, there is nothing you can do because you have sold your rights and received corresponding returns.
Zheng Zhihua’s words are rare. He uses anger, shock and regret.
In fact, similar problems also occur from time to time, because many variety shows involve music adaptation issues, but there are not many people like Zheng Zhihua who express their anger sincerely. See.
If Zheng Zhihua had not sold his song adaptation rights, then he would definitely support the original author’s rights protection, but if he had sold his adaptation rights and now expressed anger in turn, this would be a bit unreasonable.
After all, the aesthetics of music are different for everyone. If someone buys your adaptation rights, they have the right to adapt them according to their own preferences without the consent of the original author, let alone the love of the original author.
was accused of copyright infringement in Sister Lang 2, so it is estimated that the same mistake will not be repeated this time.
A piece of background music in "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves 2" was once accused of copyright infringement. At that time, a consulting company called Shanghai Xiaoshi Culture, on the social platform The program team went online and pointed out that they used "You are in the Balanced Universe I Can't Touch" as the background music without obtaining authorization. The
incident received a certain amount of attention, but was later ignored. It was probably due to public relations.
So with the lessons learned from the past, it is estimated that the program team will not make such low-level mistakes again. Otherwise, it will not be used. If you want to use it, you will definitely need to purchase the complete copyright.
Conclusion
As of the time of publication, the program company has not responded to this matter. However, I personally feel that even if the program team purchased the adaptation rights, they should politely apologize when faced with the dissatisfaction of the original author. On the one hand, it shows respect, and on the other hand, the program team should politely apologize. On the one hand, it is also a psychological comfort for the original author, and there is no need to make it too ugly.
But if there is no adaptation right, then it is really an infringement. In addition to an apology, compensation should be made as soon as possible. What do you think of it? Welcome to chat together in the comment area.
