Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 747 Dirty Face

BJ, last night, the hungover Rowling was awakened by the sunlight coming through the window. He turned over and fumbled on the bedside table, but couldn't find the soul-rejuvenating Pu'er tea his wife had prepared for him.

The tacit understanding formed by the couple over the years is that no matter how drunk he is, there will always be a cup of brewed Pu'er on his bedside table when he wakes up the next morning. But today, unexpectedly, there was no...

Thinking it was Saturday, maybe his wife was in a hurry to take his son to football class, so he didn't pay much attention to it. But when he got up, he heard his son's noisy voice outside the door.

He took his cup of water and went out, just as he was about to ask what was going on, he was a little frightened by his son's disgusted look.

"What's going on? Don't you have football class today, Saturday? Why are you still here..."

It would have been fine if he hadn't said this, but as soon as he said it his son started to cry: "Dad, I always thought you were pretty awesome. When I saw you on the show last night, I was thinking about showing off to my teammates today! Dad, you always tell me that a man should have backbone, but why did you use the name of someone else's band?"

When Luo Lin heard about this, and looked at his wife's helpless face, he finally knew what was going on. He couldn't get angry at his son's crying, after all, it was caused by his son's admiration for his father.

It was really his fault that he didn't think enough about it. If he had said so in advance, this wouldn't have happened this morning. It was mainly because he underestimated the impact of this matter, especially the action power of Li Yiliang and his team...

Thinking of this, he put the cup in his hand on the table, sat on the sofa and said to the mother and daughter: "Xiaodong, Daddy apologizes to you. I didn't tell you about this in advance and made you worry about me. Wait for Daddy to change, and then take you to practice with your uncles..."

After so many years, the couple definitely have a lot of understanding and tacit understanding between each other. Seeing Luo Lin's unhurried look, his wife picked up the cup and went to make tea, leaving the living room to the father and son.

Seeing that his son still didn't speak, Luo Lin took the initiative to move over and nudged his son with his butt, then said with a smile: "Son, you should know Uncle Bian Lang, right?"

Hearing Bian Lang's name, Luo Yudong wiped his tears and gave Luo Lin a look of looking at a fool. It seemed that the subtext was: "I am the son of a rock band's lead singer, how can I not know Bian Lang? Even if you are not a rock band's lead singer, Bian Lang is so popular now, I think you can't not know him."

Seeing that his son refused to speak, Luo Lin continued: "The full name of Dad's new band is Dirty Faces, but it was simplified for the show."

After hearing this, Luo Yudong's face, which had been drooping, finally showed some color.

"Also, your uncle Bian has a plan to clean up this band. The lead singer of this band is called Li Yiliang. He used to be a good friend of your uncle Bian and played in a band together. Later, he signed a contract with a record company of BJ without your uncle's knowledge and sold the copyrights of all the songs without even discussing it with your uncle Bian..."

"Ah!" Hearing this, Luo Yudong jumped up from the sofa and continued, "Didn't your uncle take care of him?"

"How could there not be? There are some things in the circle that you don't know. It seems that before the Chinese New Year, this matter was hyped up a lot... But this Li Yiliang is also a person who doesn't believe in evil. I guess he is unwilling to be instigated by others, so he continues to oppose your uncle Bian..."

When Luo Lin said this, Luo Yudong quickly took out his phone and showed his father the Weibo post his friend had sent him before he left the house today: "But Dad, this is too harsh, isn't it?"

Without even looking at it, Luo Lin knew that there would be absolutely no good words, and he knew that the Rolling Stones were just waiting for Li Yiliang and others to make a fuss online.

But when he took the phone and looked at it, Luo Lin was still angry.

"You just saw that they made it to the next round of The Voice of China and you're trying to take advantage of them, right? And you're a rock singer, don't you have any shame?"

"Haha, this band is also under the Rolling Stones. Bian Lang just can't stand seeing them do better than he already does!"

"Yes, no one can explain the matter clearly. Do you think it is possible for Bian Lang to write so many songs by himself?"

Luo Lin took the tea handed to him by his wife, took a big gulp and his anger was relieved a little.

"Go slow. If I hadn't blown it for you, wouldn't you have burned your tongue if you took a bite?"

Facing his wife's complaints, Luo Lin waved his hands and said, "It's okay, I just underestimated the shamelessness of these people."

Although he went to make tea, Luo Lin's wife still heard the general idea of ​​the matter, so after listening to Luo Lin's words, she asked one more question: "According to what you said, the Rolling Stones must have made arrangements, right?"

"Yes, whether it's Face or Dirty Face, these two names were registered as trademarks by the Rolling Stones a long time ago, several months before Li Yiliang and his band debuted. Sometimes I wonder if this guy has some ability to predict the future..."

Hearing this, Luo Lin's wife also nodded: "Indeed, if you put it that way, it is really weird if you think about it carefully..."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. Wait for me to change my jersey and take my son to play football!" Luo Lin didn't know when the Rolling Stones would fight back. Before the truth came out and Li Yiliang and the others were slapped in the face, it would be better for his son to go out less and interact with his friends less, so as to avoid being ridiculed in a sarcastic way.

His son knew the inside story, but even if he told those people, only the one or two with whom he had the closest relationship would believe him.

This is human nature, adults and children are the same...

As for the Rolling Stones, there was really no movement at all. It was not that the Rolling Stones wanted to handle the matter coldly, but Liang Kuan felt that the matter was not serious enough, and it was not worth it to slap them in the face now.

Otherwise, just release the trademark registration information of the band's name, and even the most stubborn person will have to say that the Rolling Stones are really cunning.

"Speaking of this, I think Bian Lang is a bit too forward-looking! There are so many band names, some in English, it's simply a monopoly... Guns N' Roses, Night Wish, Metallica... These names are very suitable for rock, this..."

Listening to Liang Kuan's sigh, Chen Shuting smiled and said, "You'll get used to it. Bian Lang has done more than one or two miraculous things. But these band names are probably prepared for Lao Mo's future projects..."

Chen Shuting is not quite sure about this matter now, because with Ayako's arrival, she really doesn't know what new project Lao Mo will start after the comic studio finishes "V".

"Yes, it seems that Ma Rui's sculpture series is also related to this... Let's not talk about this. Li Yiliang is really brave. He dares to do such a thing as plagiarism. I think he really wants to be shameless. The key is that it will be difficult to defend his rights through legal procedures... In the end, it may even help him become more famous!"

Chen Shuting didn't quite agree. Liang Kuan might be too empirical, but according to Bian Lang's personality, he would definitely sue. He could hold back for a while, but the premise was that he could slap back twice as hard later. "This Li Yiliang is like a sticky candy. If we don't deal with him once and for all, there will be more disgusting things waiting. This time, Bian Lang's brother-in-law contacted Jinlun, and they have experience in lawsuits in the field of cultural copyright..."

Although she said so, Liang Kuan's experience told her that it was of little use.

"If my information is correct, from the time of copyright legislation to the present, Liu Ziyang is the only person in the Chinese music industry who has won the lawsuit. It lasted for seven years, but in the end, we only talked about winning. In the end, we just paid money to settle the case privately..."

When Chen Shuting first heard Liang Kuan say this, she thought that her knowledge reserves were not enough again. After hearing the final result, she knew that this matter must have been suppressed by capital and it might not be possible to find it on the Internet.

If you ask Bian Lang about this kind of thing, the classic case he can think of is probably "Above the Moon" by Phoenix Legend, because it directly plagiarized six sections of "Meeting at the Aobao" and was eventually sued, the court also sentenced, and finally paid tens of thousands of dollars in compensation.

Of course, this has little to do with Phoenix Legend, because the song was not written by them.

As for the songwriter He Muyang, his name would probably scare a lot of people. He was a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association!
There is also the matter of "Wujiapo 2021" plagiarizing "イキたいの.". Bian Langting heard from a friend in the circle who was called to sing that song at a certain party: "The guy who wrote the song is really bold. Now the Internet is so developed and so many netizens are watching, he dared to do that. Maybe he thought that the original author is in an island country and could avoid the trouble of protecting his rights.

Before this song was produced, this guy made a special video, singing "Wujiapo" with Hatsune Miku's music..."

There is also "Old Boy" by Chopstick Brothers. After the incident was exposed, they changed the composer's signature, but they ultimately did not obtain authorization. It is said that this was because cross-border rights protection was too complicated. They then paid Ohashi Takuya some compensation for the economic losses.

When it came to the original Earth, Bian Lang hadn't heard of such things, so he thought the plagiarists were really funny. For such obvious plagiarism, did they think the audience were all fools?
But later, when I heard the term "information cocoon", I felt that this was not so surprising.

Maybe when they were plagiarizing, they not only underestimated the audience, but also underestimated the potential of the work. If the song is not popular, no one will care whether you plagiarize or not.

The saddest thing among all is that a group of netizens put forward a theory: "If it weren't for "XX", who would know your song? I wouldn't even have the chance to thank them..." This statement may be a microcosm of the inner thoughts of some ordinary Chinese people on the original Earth.

At that time, Bian Lang thought that if he encountered such a thing, he would sue the person even if it meant losing everything he had.

After being reborn and traveling through time, Bian Lang thought that this kind of thing would happen to him, but he did not expect that the person who plagiarized him would be Li Yiliang, and did it so blatantly and unscrupulously.

He felt that when Li Yiliang was censoring this song, his inner thoughts might be: "I copied you, but what can you do to me?"

Bian Lang was indeed annoyed when he was looking at the score of "Ode to Loneliness" at home, but he knew that the possibility of winning the lawsuit was not high.

This morning, Zhang Fan sent him the relevant laws of Blue Water Star. According to the law, if six or more bars are the same, it can be considered plagiarism. The choruses of these two songs sound exactly the same, but Bian Lang found that compared with the song "Boys Don't Cry", there are indeed two or three different chords.

But this one is different and is completely replaceable.

In other words, whether you use the music of "Boys Don't Cry" to sing "Ode to Loneliness" or vice versa, it is completely feasible.

So he felt that he could sue the matter, but he still had to prove something in his own way.

However, this is not something we need to do now. After all, it seems that this matter has not been widely exposed yet. The only people who know about it are those with sharp ears in the circle and some rock fans.

Li Yiliang did not make the matter clear in a big way, which means they are still waiting. The opportunity they are waiting for is naturally the next episode of "Summer of the Band" where Mr. Turtle will perform "Boys Don't Cry".

Bian Lang felt that Li Yiliang had probably already prepared the short essay, and was just waiting for the release of "Boys Don't Cry" so that they could launch their offensive.

Thinking of this, Bian Lang visited Edan Music again and took a screenshot of the download count interface of the song "Ode to Loneliness".

Of course, Bian Lang also wanted to wait until they made things as big as possible. He also felt that if he couldn't deal with Li Yiliang in one go, it would only get more and more annoying later on!

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Although the Rolling Stones did not give any explanation on the issue of the Faces' duplicate name, and no member of the Faces band jumped out to say anything, rock fans knew very well that the Rolling Stones were not afraid of the matter, but were just holding back on something big.

Although the Rolling Stones can withstand the public opinion, the "Summer of the Band" program team cannot just sit there and do nothing.

Therefore, various documents claiming to have leaked from official internal sources began to circulate on the Internet.

"Dirty face? And then they shortened it to face for the show! This explanation is fine, but I feel like it's a bit disgusting!"

"Hahaha, that's actually the reason! Isn't this Face Band asking for trouble? If they didn't mention it, the program crew might not announce it, so..."

"Oh my, this name is so meaningful. If I were Li Yiliang, I would just find a piece of tofu and kill myself right now!"

"Really, don't make an enemy of the Rolling Stones easily. You never know what tricks are waiting for you!"

When they saw this news, Xiang Kun, Zhu Wen and Qiu Kui were dumbfounded!
They know better than most people how likely this is, especially Qiu Kui, the chief director of the variety show. She sometimes handles this kind of thing in the same way!

The key point is that Zhu Wen absolutely believes that Bian Lang can do such a thing just to disgust others! In this case, they will become the laughing stock.

However, Zhu Wen and Qiu Kui were a little unwilling to give up. After consulting a lawyer and confirming that there was a way, they decided to take a gamble and wait until Zhou Xiangkun went through the trademark registration process on Monday before starting the next round of public opinion guidance.

As for Li Yiliang, after seeing the five words "dirty face", he was so angry that he smashed another mobile phone!
(End of this chapter)