This is bit of old news, but I couldn't help posting it when it was brought to my attention by one of my friends last night. This is a video of the song "Tempation of Sonata" by the Korean pop singer, Ivy. Watch it closely...does it remind you of anything? Perhaps Final Fantasy VII Advent Children by any chance? Hmmmmm? Yeah, my jaw was basically on the floor when I saw this.
Tempation of Sonata
I thought to myself....How the hell did she not get sued by the army of Squenix lawyers yet. And then I found out that a Korean judge ruled that this was copyright infringement and yanked the video off TV on April 6th. Good thing for us that the internet exists! Ivy is apparently a huge pop star in Korea, we're talking about the height of Britney Spears popularity, and of all the things she could rip off, it was Advent Children.
I guess this just goes to show the extent that gaming has pervaded Korean pop culture. Welcome to Korea, a country where pro Starcraft players are just as big celebrities as actors and people worship the ground Blizzard employees walk on. I've been told by a friend in Blizzard that all he has to do to get free drinks or get into clubs in Korea is to flash his badge...now that's creepy, and I asked him for a copy of his badge.
A side by side video comparision of Advent Children and Temptation of Sonata
Comments (1)
uhh yeah, i saw that video too, and i also wondered the same thing. it wasn't just any old infringement, it was a blatant copy of the whole fight scene. o_O; pretty crazy stuff.
Posted by connie | July 14, 2007 6:45 PM
Posted on July 14, 2007 18:45