Police raids YG Entertainment Under Probe For Alleged Copyright Infringement G-Dragon

Quote from ThePhantomThief

Right?

Like a police raid for 20 year old plagiarism accusations? Seems extreme.

Only thing I can think of is that theres a mistranslation of the word raid? Like one or two plainclothes police popping over to the YG HQ to ask a few people questions is hardly a raid but gets mistranslated as such?

Which would be enirely possible and likely entirely intentional as well to get clicks.

Can imagine two bored, rookie police officers ringing the bell for something like that, not a raid.

why would you raid a building for copyright infringment ? just go to the man directly

Quote from Bottles

Is this right?

1. Some dude wrote a song for GD, called GDRAGON

2. GD performed the song on the dude's album

3. GD later performed the song live as part of a medley

4. That live performance gets turned into a live CD by YG

5. Dude sues YG for selling his copyrighted work as part of that live CD.

I'm not really seeing the need for a police raid if I am honest lol.

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Not even that, GD (person) wrote a song called GD when he was 13, months later Perry wrote and released another song called GD and GD (person) sang it and GD's version of Perrys song was included on Perrys album.

Years later, GD has his first solo concert, wants to tell his story by performing both in a medley. To avoid mixup, he renames the song he wrote to my age is 13 and YG wants to include the medley in the live CD. In the live CD credits, YG forgot to add Perry as the writer of GD.... but you can't make a separate copyright for the live versions of already copyrighted songs so no money is being fought over.

I kind of wonder if this was filed by his family because google says this dude has been reported as missing by them since 2010. He was a big producer in YG for years so I wonder if the family is pushing for the raid hoping YG has some clues about his disappearance or know where he is. Wouldn't put it past YG to just have the dude still working there just under a new name.

Quote from DaisyTheGenuine

Multiple raids over photocards

Considering how crazy some fans are about these, I would find that a more understandable reason for a raid

Quote from Bottles

Is this right?

1. Some dude wrote a song for GD, called GDRAGON

2. GD performed the song on the dude's album

3. GD later performed the song live as part of a medley

4. That live performance gets turned into a live CD by YG

5. Dude sues YG for selling his copyrighted work as part of that live CD.

I'm not really seeing the need for a police raid if I am honest lol.

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I asked @grok

"Okay, kiddo: Imagine you drew a cool picture, but someone copied it without asking and said it was theirs. That's not nice, right? Well, a music company called YG and a singer named G-Dragon are in trouble because someone says they copied a song from 15 years ago without permission. Police are like detectives checking if it's true. The company says they didn't do it!"

"The probe stems from a composer's 2024 complaint alleging YG copied his 2001 song "G-Dragon" without permission for the artist's 2010 album "Shine a Light." Police raided YG's HQ twice to seize evidence like documents and prevent tampering, as it's a criminal copyright violation case. YG denies it, claiming it's a title coincidence, not infringement. Investigation ongoing."

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There needs to be statutes of limitations on time for this kind of thing. Why did this so called artist wait almost 2 decades

Dude has been missing since 2010, doubt its actually him. Porbably his family hoping YG has some old records about him that could help them find him.

Quote from Jasque-O-Part2

I asked @grok

"Okay, kiddo: Imagine you drew a cool picture, but someone copied it without asking and said it was theirs. That's not nice, right? Well, a music company called YG and a singer named G-Dragon are in trouble because someone says they copied a song from 15 years ago without permission. Police are like detectives checking if it's true. The company says they didn't do it!"

"The probe stems from a composer's 2024 complaint alleging YG copied his 2001 song "G-Dragon" without permission for the artist's 2010 album "Shine a Light." Police raided YG's HQ twice to seize evidence like documents and prevent tampering, as it's a criminal copyright violation case. YG denies it, claiming it's a title coincidence, not infringement. Investigation ongoing."

Ha, thanks. Did you ask Grok to explain it like you're five years old?

Quote from Bottles

Ha, thanks. Did you ask Grok to explain it like you're five years old?

Yes lol

"Okay, kiddo: A long time ago, a guy made a song called "G-Dragon." Years later, the singer G-Dragon put out an album, and the guy says, "Hey, you copied my song without asking!" Last year, he told the police.

Police are like detectives in a mystery book. They visited the music company's building twice to grab papers and stuff, so no one can hide clues. It's a big no-no to copy songs.

The company says, "We didn't! It's just the same name." They're still checking to see who's right."

This sounds like YG lyrics' english