Now before we get into all the messy ‘copyrighted’ business, take a moment to observe Yunho in all his dancing glory, and watch the video you’ve probably already seen eight times.
-sigh- I love that. Now, Illdielaughing lovingly (or maybe not) notes that “Yunho is still on crack.” If we’re bringing drugs into this, I want some of whatever he’s been snorting.
At this point however, it seems that the dancing is neither here nor there. Over night, blogs upon blogs have blossomed presenting the story that a certain Entertainment company may also be on crack. The music used for Yunho’s dance segment (and a low budget flashlight show on Rain’s end) was Justin Timberlake’s ‘Magic’. The beauty of this is that, not only has ‘Magic’ not been published on any albums yet, but it seems to not even had a digital release! Only a 2008 leak has made the soundtrack available to netizens.
The question arose: “If Americans can’t legally get their hands on such an unreleased song… how did a Korean Entertainment group like SM get it?”
This may be a legal issue, but for any of you who’ve carried out a simple ‘click-and-download’ you know it takes a good 30 seconds to get any song you want, the wrong way. SM is claiming innocence for now though, as their struggle in hot water continues not only for the use of ‘Magic’ but for Usher’s ‘Dat Girl Right There’ (Taemin’s dance break) .
“DBSK and Shinee’s manager responded by saying that they didn’t know that the song was obtained through illegal means and expressed their regrets. Rain’s management, J. Tunes expressed that they did not use the music illegally on purpose but only knew that it was an American song. Some Korean netizens felt that it was a national insult. Even though the singers have called on fans not to download music illegally, why are they infringing on copyrights themselves?”
