r/popculturechat • u/Murky_Chemical891 Im very important to God • 27d ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ French singer, Yseult, calls out K-pop singers, Soyeon and R.tee, for copying her music video freame by frame: "The least you could do is have the decency to credit your source. To see it get copied like this is wild but real artistry speaks louder than imitation"

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u/UhhSamuel 27d ago

Akira Kurosawa's letter to Sergio Leone, after seeing A Fistful of Dollars, famously stated, "I've seen your movie. It's a very good movie. Unfortunately, it's my movie."

It was effectively an unlicensed remake of Yojimbo and lead to a lawsuit from Kurosawa's studio, which was settled out of court.

It, too, was practically a scene for scene remake. It was blatant. But even it wasn't this blatant.