South Korean Singer Lee Hyori (or Hyolee) - Get Ya vs. Do Somethin'
Get Ya VS. Do Somethin'
Hyori Lee -- Get Ya
"Representatives for the writers of the Britney Spears song “Do Something” have written to the producers of K-pop star Lee Hyo-lee saying “parts” of the title song in Lee’s latest album “Get ya” are plagiarized. While this is not the first time the Korean pop industry has been accused of pilfering, it is the first time the copyright holder has formally complained.
Universal Music Publishing Korea, which handles copyright of “Do Something” here, said Thursday it sent a recording of “Get Ya” to the composers of the Spears song and the company that manages the copyright 15 days ago. In response, three out of the four composers agreed that the Lee song was “significantly influenced” by their own work “and there are some parts that constitute plagiarism,” Universal said.
There are no hard-and-fast criteria to decide what constitutes plagiarism in Korea, and any such allegations must be decided in court following a complaint by the author of the “original” work.
Universal said it will meet with the songwriters behind “Get Ya” to seek a settlement, but it did not rule out legal action. Murmurs about the startling similarity between the two songs arose as soon as Lee’s album hit the stores on Feb. 9. The artist herself denies anything other than temporary precedence of one work over the other, saying, “It’s just that Britney Spears did this funky style of music before me,” but insisted “Get Ya” was different in vocals, rhythm and tune."
"Pop star Lee Hyo-ri decided to temporarily go off the air due to allegations that parts of the title song from Lee’s latest album “Get Ya” are plagiarized. Lee Hyo-ri expressed her frustrations on the incident by saying, “I regret that I have to discontinue performing the song ‘Get Ya’ due to allegations of pilfering, but no one is to blame for the issue.” She added, “No matter who tells me what, I still have the pride and love for my new album in which I spent more than a year in preparation.” The singer who is known to have high standards in her music and deep concern for others, seemed to calmly accept the situation she is in. Murmurs about the startling similarity between Lee Hyo-ri’s “Get Ya” and Britney Spears’ “Do Something” arose as soon as Lee’s album hit the stores on Feb. 9th. Her flexible attitude in dealing with the criticism of her lip-sync performances and allegations of plagiarism has shown her evident professionalism. However, the singer and her management agency decided that it’s unreasonable to go on performing the song on the air, and canceled all of Lee’s performances starting from March 24th. Lee will go on a 2-week hiatus before reappearing on stages with a new single from the album. Lee will perform “Shall We Dance,” a medium tempo dance number when she returns to the stages."
