I'm surprised that Avex hasn't done something yet. They're like copyright Nazis.

The vocals are good, but the instrumentation is really poor. Its MIDI quality, at best. And they didn't even have the originality to at least change it a little. And why not credit Ayu??? its rather unfair, don't ya think?

imma write a letter to avex!!!!!!

edit

letter was written oh well

he sounded so confident on Nhu Hong~

yeah...i never heard back from avex

WTH?????? I hope he gets sued very quickly! The vietnamese cover of depend on you was done quite badly (reminded at pink panther somehow....) and there they stated at least it was "nhac ngoai quoc" (original song from abroad) and now WTF???? *goes to listen to it later*

They should have credited ayu @.@
I don't care whether the vocal is good or not, at least show some respect to the original creator.
Same things happened with some of ayu's songs before, but it was then. They should work more professionally if they want to have a place in the market.

Ok, i have 3 things

1) this guy CANNOT sing

2) he didnt give any credit at all, so i hope Avex makes him burn in hell

3) he dint change anything, so its not original in any way, its almost boring

This thread is a lolfest. =D The singer might be telling the truth when he says he had no idea the song was done by Ayu. His situation sounds pretty plausible to me. I mean, it's hard to do a "background check" on every music track a composer gives to you.

This is quite funny, i hope avex and ayu get the royalties they deserve. I'm dumbfounded at how this can go unnoticed by the relevant authorities.

LOL that's song in not Marionette is Plagionnete XDD

Yeah, Nhu Hong would be a two-character name if translated into characters anyway...

You know, I'd at least have a weeee bit of respect for the guy if he chose a different arrangement, something fresh, ANYTHING but a poor, weak rip-off of the EXACT original arrangement. That's just pathetic. Kind of a shame too, because he has a nice voice. :no

Oh, american artists like to do that as well, I remember Timbaland ripping of some C64 music for an Nelly Furtado song...(poor C64 musicians, seriously, they do music for like no money and that ashole doesnt even offer them any money, they would have probably given it for less than 500 dollars or something)

"C64"? I thought it was Tempest. (I know it's wiki but there's a lot of info about it).

At any rate, I think it would be too risky for a western musician to rip off a mainstream Japanese one. The Japanese music industry is a bit too big. I can see it happening with a smaller, less-known music industry though, both the ripping-off and the being-ripped off...easier to get away with it.

Yeah, makes me think of the whole taskinst/Hoobastank thing...:grumpy