SEOUL, South Korea Mar 29, 2006 (AP)— Britney Spears' songwriters have accused a South Korean pop composer of plagiarism and are seeking damages, a music publisher said Wednesday.
Universal Music Publishing Korea, the company that handles South Korean copyrights for Spears' music, said her songwriters had complained that "Get ya," performed by Lee Hyo-lee, sounded similar to a song they wrote for the 24-year-old pop singer titled, "Do Something."

"Get ya" was the lead song on Lee's second album, which was released last month. Spears released "Do Something" in February 2005.

Kevin Cho, general manager of Universal Music Publishing Korea, said Spears' songwriters claim the Korean track had been "partially plagiarized" and the company sent their complaint to Lee's composer, Kim Do-hyun.

Cho said they were seeking a settlement of undisclosed terms, but hadn't yet received a response from Kim's side.

Kim has said he was influenced by the Spears' song, but denied copying directly from it. He wasn't immediately available for comment Wednesday.

Lee, whose sexy style has earned her prominent appearances in advertising campaigns, is staging a comeback this year with a return to live performances.

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/...C-RSSFeeds0312

ALSO

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7K4lGb60WBY

And then she copied Ciara's One Two Step, which was ALSO a huge hit in Korea.

No one pressed charges against her for copying the Ciara song ...yet, but I
think she should be sued for that too. I thought I'd post this since the Britney
one came up. And maybe someone can forward this song to Ciara's songwriters...

Anyone have the lyrics, or better yet the mp3?

the one which she copied ciara 1 2 step actually is kind of catchy...love it, lol!! by the way, she can dance for sure..

Already posted yo.

In a case between Britney and Lee, I'm taking Lee's side. Do Something was atrocious (no offense)

^It's not really about whether the song was good or bad though in order to take a side, it's about who did what first, the breach of copyright and extent, if any.

Get Ya'
Right now you are only looking at my short skirt.
I see a change in the way you move to my song.
On top of this stage you see my face.
Again I catch my breath for a second.
yah yah yah yah yah yah yah
I'm wishing for you. Bit by bit change came.
You see my gazes. I'm gonna get ya
You are desiring me. You put trust in my dance.
I'm swaying you. I'm gonna get ya

Now you stop only looking at my bare shoulder.
You see me differently. You believe you see me. You stare at me.
On top of this stage you see my face.
Again I catch my breath for a second.
yah yah yah yah yah yah yah
I'm leaving you alone. Today, follow your heart.
I picked you. I'm gonna get ya
I'm leading you. Your heart follows mine.
You're shut inside me. I'm gonna get ya

What they say. Who or what has nothing to do with it. When you want me.
I'm wishing for you. Bit by bit change came.
You see my gazes. I'm gonna get ya
You are desiring me. You put trust in my dance.
I'm swaying you. I'm gonna get ya
I'm leaving you alone. Today, follow your heart.
I picked you. I'm gonna get ya
I'm leading you. Your heart follows mine.
You're shut inside me. I'm gonna get ya

Credit: aheeyah.com

yes..this girl copys Do Somenthing

LMAO

the lyrics are so f'ing bad!

Britney’s songwriters of “Do Something” is planning on sueing Hyori Lee’s composers of her song “Get Ya” for plagiarism, but heck this is not the first time a singer from Korea or Japan copying an American song, and they don’t get sued. Anyways listen to the 2 videos below and give me your comments.

http://www.gossipin.com/

whats the ciara sound a like song? i tried to search on youtube but couldnt find anything on it.... whats the title

hmm its the one in the first post :P

wow i think i like Lee Hyori!! lol oh yeah the Ciara thing, i really dont see the resemblance at all. just cause it has the word STEP? wtf... but yeah the Do Something does sound a like.... but that girl can dance....and her songs are so cool. when i heard Get Ya i thought she copied the fact that Do Something was electronicish hip hop dance style on that song and the melody.. but i listened to her other songs.. theyre actually all in that style.. and i believe shes been out for a little while now?

I've just seen of her stuff, including Get Ya! - and I can see the resemblence, from teh style of song, to the vocals to the timing.

There are also a number of performances she does from other artists e.g. Xtina, Beyonce - but she doesn't need to. Her Anyclub pt 1 & 2 videos are awesome. Her '10 minutes' video reminded me of Britney/Timerberlake as well but that's just the video/dance routines, not the song - the same goes for 'Hey Girl' which for some reason remind me of a mix between J.Lo video and Blue Cantrell's 'Breathe' video. I think she (her team/management) should stick with her own style, it's hot already (abit too hot in places but that's the way everything is unfortuantely).

Edit - Yep, 'Depth' is very much '1,2 Step', and if the language was the same it would sound like Ciara singing. She's not very good at lipsynching - she doesn't even try to look convincing or have any facial expression, it doesn't look like shes 'singing' half the time either, it's definitely all about the dance.

What is her name exactly - Hyori or Hyolee, I keep seeing both on videos and appearances.

Get Ya > Do Something. Britney needs to work with her people.

They would have a case if this is apparent.

But I would like to hear Lee's versions.

It's called "Depth", if you find the mp3, PM me!

Ya know, I'm always confused when you post something rather legible and not consisting one one sentence with several random vowels thrown in[/off topic]

As for the suit, It's really hard to figure if they did plagarize based on the music or the translated lyrics. Maybe someone could post the Korean (in Latin alphabet) version and a translated-into-Korean version of DS?

That's when you know it's been copied and pasted