SNSD finally comeback as a complete group after 5 years of the members busy solo careers. They released their seventh album titled Forever 1 to celebrate 15 years of their debut. Along with the release of the album, SNSD also released the MV for the song Forever 1. They also plan to appear again on music shows to greet fans who have been waiting for a long time.
However, the excitement of SNSD's comeback was tarnished by the issue of plagiarism. This allegation appears in one of the scenes in the MV Forever 1. The MV is a tribute of 15 years of SNSD's career as well as showing the individual activities of the members for the past 5 years. At the opening of the MV, the SNSD members stood on a colorful parade vehicle with a large logo celebrating 15 years of debut.
Rumors circulated that the logo was plagiarized from the 15th anniversary of Tokyo DisneySea. The logo was used to celebrate The Year of Wishes from 2016 to 2017. After photos of the two logos circulated, Shin Hee Won, as the director of MV Forever 1 finally spoke up. He apologized to SNSD and SM Entertainment for causing this issue to arise. "Hello, I'm Shin Hee Won. I directed the SNSD MV titled Forever 1.
First of all, I want to apologize to the SNSD and SM Entertainment members for the controversy due to one of the designs used in the Forever 1 MV," said Shin Hee Won through a statement. released. "After I was contacted and asked to direct the music video, I was involved not only in planning and directing, but also designing the details of the MV such as selecting properties," he continued.
Shin Hee Won admitted that he felt ashamed and sorry for ending up on the issue of plagiarism. He admitted that he took a number of references without checking them first. "I feel ashamed and sorry for ending this controversy. While putting together all the sets of the 15th debut parade, I looked for inspiration through a number of logo designs. Then I found a number of references and found one that I thought was suitable.
I decided to use it without checking the source, Shin Hee Won explained. "Today, I know that the logo is Disney Japan's 15-year logo. I want to sincerely apologize for using the design without doing thorough research on copyright or seeking permission to use it as a reference. In the future, I will do better research and We need to be more careful so that something like this doesn't happen again," he concluded.
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