[Pannchoa] Knets bring up SM's history of plagiarism accusations with the latest NCT teaser

[My Everything]

[theqoo] HISTORY OF SUSPICIONS OVER SM PLAGIARISM VS GIVING AN HOMAGE... 

 

I found these in the comments of NCT's post

 

EXO's logo 

 

 

The one on the left is the original work, the right side is EXO's teaser that is receiving suspicions of plagiarism (the picture is from Erik Soderberg) 
 

 

 

 

A Swedish designer claims that the popular boy group EXO was plagiarizing him causing a controversy.

 

Swedish graphic designer Erik Soderberg recently revealed through his blog that EXO's teaser video plagiarized the work of three graphic designers, including himself.

 

He said, "Please be aware that some of the motion graphics art pieces in the video "EXO 2015 COMING SOON" were used without permission from the original artists."

 

Earlier, on December 3rd of last year, SM Entertainment released the comeback preview video 'Exo 2015 Coming Soon' through its official YouTube channel, Facebook, and SM Town channel. However, the video cannot be played at this time, and there is a notice saying that the video cannot be viewed anymore due to a copyright infringement reported by eriksoderberg.se.

 

http://m.sportsworldi.com/view/20150114003756#csidxb5bc6eabb57006598c18541e4a551d2%20onebyone.gif?action_id=b5bc6eabb57006598 

 

Shinee's album photoshoot plagiarism controversy about the "concept"

 

 

 

On the 18th, a netizen raised suspicion of plagiarism, saying that SHINee's mini-album photoshoot, which was released on the official website, and Luke Warrell (20), a model, in the March issue of the British fashion magazin e'Dazed and Confused', are similar.

 

In the photos, both SHINee and Luke Warrell are wearing goggles and headpieces with plastic trinkets reminiscent of “Mazinger Z” on their foreheads. It is pointed out that not only these fashion accessories, but also the entire atmosphere of the photoshoot was plagiarized.

 

SNSD outfits

 

 

"Was SNSD's outfits during Gayo Daejun supposed to be an homage to Dolce & Gabbana?"

"Of course it's an homage.. I never even saw the clothes in real life, so how can I copy it... I liked the vibe of the clothes so much so I thought it would've looked pretty, so I went with this concept with the hair and makeup too.... If people think they're that similar to call it a "copy" then I and the team, who have worked through all nighters sewing each thread over this to make it as luxurious as possible, can consider it a praise? Until D&G can one day sponsor outfits like pop stars~~~ <3"

 

There were too much, just go in this link to read: https://theqoo.net/square/891018474

 

 

"SM Red velvet outfits unauthorized use" foreign designer raise suspicions

 

 

Red Velvet Irene & Seulgi logo raise talks about looking like Chanel and Joseph & Stacey

 

 

 

 

 

 

original post: here
 

1. Can they consider buying the actual clothing already?... It's not like they don't have the money 

 

2. Soshi's outfit was the legend...?? Legend in having no tact... They could've just bought it 

 

3. That's quite severe

 

4. ㅋㅋ  They're doing that, meanwhile their fans go around claiming that every other idols are copying them ㅋㅋㅋ  Tsk tsk 

 

5. This is a bit... It's not only once or twice, I feel like every time they come out, they get accused of plagiarism 

 

6. Whenever I see posts with people shielding SM, I always thought that the fans are taking us as fools. But now I realize that it's not because they think we're fools, they know clearly well that we're not fools, but even so, they're ready to shield SM and even make up lies about it. 

 

7. Everything else aside, the clothing similarity is the most problematic. If the artists want to wear it, they can just buy those directly from the brand. Why would they plagiarize? The person who decided to do that is problematic 

 

8. The problem is that they claim they're not copying any clothes or concept

 

9. Yet EXO fans claim that they're so proud of EXO's logo.. Gasp 

 

10. It reminds me of Soshi's fandom claiming that Twice copied themㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ  They got so much hate from wearing the cheerleading outfits... Twice were the pitiful ones;; 

 

 

[theqoo] NCT TEASER RECEIVING PLAGIARISM SUSPICIONS 

 

 

"NCT's album teaser was basically Sunnei's 2020 s/s campaign...?!

If you look at Sunnei's "I hate fashion" outfit, they basically copied the whole thing, should I consider this a reference? Or a copy?"

 

 

 

Is this supposed to be plagiarized or a homage?

I'm not sure yet, but people in other sites are calling this plagiarism 

but for now, I'm just going to call this plagiarism suspicions

 

original post: here

 

1. SM has too many fans so this will just get buriedㅋㅋㅋ  they're always making a fuss over other idols copying them and bullsh*tting around, but whenever SM is the one plagiarizing, they call it a homageㅋㅋㅋ

 

2. Must be so easy to work there, they don't have any tact eitherㅋㅋ

 

3. The clothing is one thing, but is the concept also from the cordi? Rather than the outfit, it's the concept of the photo that's the main issue here. Why are those cordis like that 

 

4. Ah isn't this too much?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ  They could've done the bare minimum to make it a bit different, do they never put any effort?

 

5. So many talks about SM plagiarism lately... I'm an SM fan and I hope the company starts paying more attention nowㅠㅜ

 

6. So many people here have no idea what an homage is and claim everything is an homage. Homage isn't something that anyone can do, it's supposed to be showing your respect towards a big brand. That's why Old Boy's action scenes are considered an homage to Kingsman action scenes

 

7. There's a fine line between a reference and plagiarism, they have no tact

 

8. To be honest, this is blatant 

 

9. This is 100% plagiarism though? What's up with people claiming it's just a reference or a homage? You're pissing off people even more because you're trying to shield this 

 

10. This is way too similar 

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[AchariPickle]

damn just by looking to the pictures alone, sm sure does gets heavily inspired by stuff lmao

[WujuLike]

the red velvet one always stood out to me a lot, since the outfit concept was so unique (gingham check mini dresses/skirts with squiggly white edges) that i doubt the costume designers weren't inspired the original designer's pictures... so they should have given them credit for the idea or just bought those outfits for RV to wear instead of making copies

[HappyShinki]

I remember Min Heejin was so proud of her work on that Romeo concept lmao
https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/40720/1/shinee-10-year-anniversary-retrospective

 

[camelliabloom]

The last one is just sad because it's so basic (guys standing in front of a white background, seriously?). Imagine being having enough experience to be SM's creative director but having such little confidence in your own ideas that you have to steal everything from PINTEREST. Fucking Pinterest! And not even have a private board for all of the stuff you're blatantly copying at that. I hope this dude gets fired because the stupidity is too strong lmfao.

[Mrs. Morale]

. It reminds me of Soshi's fandom claiming that Twice copied themㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ  They got so much hate from wearing the cheerleading outfits... Twice were the pitiful ones;; 

this^^^^ Lmao

As if SNSD owned cheerleading outfits, PLS! Snsd has been copied others but go on preach, b*tch preach!

Edited November 9, 2020 by fullofjoy

[car door guy]

SM being a lazy factory, what's new lmao

[seokii]

Honestly it's pretty shameful how blatant a lot of these are. The logo design is nearly a carbon copy. The gingham dresses aren't very suspicious until you realize the wiggly trim is identical and so is the color palette... So little effort in investing any creative energy into their replicas.

edit: Apparently the logo design was used with permission, there was just a dispute with the artist over the licensing initially. But it was resolved and SM has full legal permission to use the logo.

https://www.asianjunkie.com/2015/01/15/smes-plagiarism-of-erik-soderberg-for-exo-teaser-resolved/

Edited November 9, 2020 by seokii

[Hizu]

Damn, that's some lack of creativity. Why is SM like that? Don't they have money to hire a decent graphics team? A decent art director? As a top agency worth almost a billion, do they have to copy from others for something as important as their image and marketing strategy? I'm honestly lost.

[GiganticMint121]

One thing I can respect about YG is they always put money into visuals. Blackpink is always wearing the name brand and not knockoffs, they always spend money on the sets

SM has all that money and yet they constantly just rip off other artist

[starsocks]

It's insanely shameless that they do this, not to mention CHEAP... they can certainly afford to be at least somewhat original 

They must know they're going to get called out, but don't care because they're a powerhouse who can take it

[Taecoholic]

[godblessdelulu]

[stell]

Yikes, *inspired* is putting it lightly lol. 

[spopo]

1 hour ago, fullofjoy said:

. It reminds me of Soshi's fandom claiming that Twice copied themㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ  They got so much hate from wearing the cheerleading outfits... Twice were the pitiful ones;; 

this^^^^ Lmao

As if SNSD owned cheerleading outfits, PLS! Snsd has been copied others but go on preach, b*tch preach!

tbf, I remember when Once actually destroyed nugu rookies Lipbubble for wearing cheerleading outfits.  Actually made them disband.

 

Yeah the plagiarism is gross.  And æspa is starting out with that controversy too.  It's a terrible look.

[A Hamster Named Loneliness]

I'm not familiar with this one, which group is this from? 

28 minutes ago, spopo said:

tbf, I remember when Once actually destroyed nugu rookies Lipbubble for wearing cheerleading outfits.  Actually made them disband.

 

Yeah the plagiarism is gross.  And æspa is starting out with that controversy too.  It's a terrible look.

Care to fill me in on that? 

[spopo]

30 minutes ago, A Hamster Named Loneliness said:

Care to fill me in on that? 

 

[Elscian]

The stylist in charge of vixx's shangrila gayo stage (that trended hugely in sk) mentioned coming up with an original design using durumagi. But then the one in charge of exo's Olympic performance went directly to the tailor/manufacturer that made them and stole her design basically.  So that made me think it's SM themselves who don't care for plagiarism (not the staff on their own). Bc no way they weren't aware about a perf presented to the president in their own country, if not about international stylists.

[sakurahanabira]

3 hours ago, camelliabloom said:

The last one is just sad because it's so basic (guys standing in front of a white background, seriously?). Imagine being having enough experience to be SM's creative director but having such little confidence in your own ideas that you have to steal everything from PINTEREST. Fucking Pinterest! And not even have a private board for all of the stuff you're blatantly copying at that. I hope this dude gets fired because the stupidity is too strong lmfao.

Mood boards are a common thing in the design industry that creatives use to draw inspiration from, though the key phrase here is "draw inspiration", not blatantly copy. It's like SM took the phrase "good artists copy, great artists steal" a little TOO literally. 

[Mrs. Morale]

11 hours ago, spopo said:

tbf, I remember when Once actually destroyed nugu rookies Lipbubble for wearing cheerleading outfits.  Actually made them disband.

 

Yeah the plagiarism is gross.  And æspa is starting out with that controversy too.  It's a terrible look.

ONCE didn't destroy Lipbubnle for cheerleading outfits...it was because the choreography. They copied Cheer Up, Knock Knock & TT dance move especially the signature moves.

[spopo]

13 minutes ago, fullofjoy said:

ONCE didn't destroy Lipbubnle for cheerleading outfits...it was because the choreography. They copied Cheer Up, Knock Knock & TT dance move especially the signature moves.

Rewatch it.  it really wasn't close at all, not to mention lipbubble was from really the poorest company imaginable.  Their mv looked like it was recorded on a camcorder.  Talk about punching down.

[nr123]

SM oppa at it again lol

[lighterxx]

Wasnt exo one resolved?

[Gerimolda]

16 minutes ago, nr123 said:

SM oppa at it again lol

I watched this on Allkpop lmaooo they keep doing it. 

[lighterxx]

18 hours ago, seokii said:

Honestly it's pretty shameful how blatant a lot of these are. The logo design is nearly a carbon copy. The gingham dresses aren't very suspicious until you realize the wiggly trim is identical and so is the color palette... So little effort in investing any creative energy into their replicas.

Logo design was with permission

https://www.soompi.com/article/690661wpp/sm-on-exos-teaser-it-is-absolutely-not-plagiarism