X-Family being accused of copying, online users request to stop showing drama

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[2007-08-06]X-Family being accused of copying, online users request to stop showing drama




GTV’s X-Family has the problem of plagiarizing works! Thousands of fans is bombarding furiously Calvin Chen who is acting as Lan Ling Wang in X-Family, the costume copying famous game Final Fantasy’s character Cloud, the online gamers were so angry that they scolded the TV station, and announce madly that they are going to reject watching the show altogether. They even request GTV to stop showing this drama and wrote a letter to Final Fantasy Japan Production to suggest suing the opposite party.

“The X-Family” is going to be on air the next following day evening 9pm, however, before the first airing there actually came out with plagiarizing problems. Online gamers put up Lan Ling Wang and Cloud’s picture, and used red pen to draw out the similarities, including both parties’ clothes are all black in colour, zip at the collar, right shoulder with should guard, round shape designs with little silver rings and locks, the left sleeve is of long and bellowing sleeve, other than Calvin’s black hair and Cloud’s golden hair is an obvious difference, the similarity is more than 90%

FF is a famous game, and was also turned into a movie before, previously there is already a South Korean female singer who was accuse of copying Cloud’s costume in her MV and was being sued by Japan’s SE. Online users furiously said, “Matters regarding plagiarizing and copying will never end… a drama that is not controlled by copyright laws, using other people’s works without permission, including the jewellery’s also have license… this is a serious and shameless act of theft.”

GTV’s project planner manager Cai Ji Qiao said yesterday, the drama is fully produced by Comic Production, currently is full being handled by Comic, and will definitely look into this situation. Calvin said, he wore what the drama crew asked him to, he did not understand the design procedure at all.

“X-Family” producer Wang Xin Gui said helplessly yesterday, all the character outfits all went through group discussion; they indeed refer to some pictures during the design procedure, but currently he has not seen Cloud’s look. He said, “Our original target is to look like Rome warrior; seriously, our company usually look seriously into copyright laws, we had spent a lot of money on filming comic dramas and buying copyright license from Japan. Currently, I am still in the process of understand the situation, a design that is collated and obtained from here and there is actually being reported as plagiarizing, this is really very difficult to understand.

Translated by Tiffany
Source: http://fahrenheit-globa1.actifforum.com

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Wow, the resemblance is striking.

The one that Chen is wearing looks somewhat like a cheap/crappy imitation of Cloud's costume. I've seen cosplayers with a better made outfit. Anyways, I don't think the issue is bad enough that they should stop the airing of the show. I would feel bad for the actors/actresses, who prolly put their heart and soul into playing their characters. Couldn't they just come up with a new outfit? Afterall, if this is all the costume designers could come up with, then they need to get their asses fired. There is a difference between copying and using something as reference. In the end, if you can't come up with anything on your own, then you really are outta luck.