2010-08-16, 12:12 PM
As many of you know, in the exact patch before Edelstein in KMST(KMST v.1.2.330), a pack of BGM's alongside Edelstein data was added.
These BGM's were:
-GelimmerLab (If i recall correctly, this one belongs to 4th job test)
-EdelsteinCity
-NationalPark
-UndergroundPlace
-Resistance HQ one
-PowerStation
-LowGradeOre
This one, got removed immediately after a patch, and replaced with another one without any reason. You can see the old version in this video.
[video=youtube;PhBbDgnZCFk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhBbDgnZCFk[/video]
What were the rumors?Everyone was wondering why such beautiful BGM got removed, and some people were saying it was because of Copyright Violation and plagiarism. But it took a while to someone tell which song had similar notes.
The song in question is: Rebirth of the Dark Myst from Final Fantasy IX.
[video=youtube;LIQvxs5OEks]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQvxs5OEks[/video]
Looks like both have nothing in common, eh?
Now get both videos, and compare between approximately 1:31 from LowGradeOre and 0:57 from Rebirth of Dark Mist.
As you can notice, the notes are VERY SIMILAR for more than 10 seconds.
Many of you may question if only ten seconds makes this an example of plagiarism, well, plagiarism in music aspect is a very hard situation to deal with.
If i recall correctly, you only need 8 consecutive notes to consider a song an example of plagiarism, which is very, very easy to occur.
Conclusion: There could be no reason to remove, and immediately replace a BGM like that, other than such situation.
It's not even intentional, because you can notice both songs have a very different melody. That might just be a mistake from the composers.
In fact, rumors are apparently correct. I may be wrong, but this is what i got out from analyzing these songs.
Sorry for the wall of text :C
These BGM's were:
-GelimmerLab (If i recall correctly, this one belongs to 4th job test)
-EdelsteinCity
-NationalPark
-UndergroundPlace
-Resistance HQ one
-PowerStation
-LowGradeOre
This one, got removed immediately after a patch, and replaced with another one without any reason. You can see the old version in this video.
[video=youtube;PhBbDgnZCFk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhBbDgnZCFk[/video]
What were the rumors?Everyone was wondering why such beautiful BGM got removed, and some people were saying it was because of Copyright Violation and plagiarism. But it took a while to someone tell which song had similar notes.
The song in question is: Rebirth of the Dark Myst from Final Fantasy IX.
[video=youtube;LIQvxs5OEks]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIQvxs5OEks[/video]
Looks like both have nothing in common, eh?
Now get both videos, and compare between approximately 1:31 from LowGradeOre and 0:57 from Rebirth of Dark Mist.
As you can notice, the notes are VERY SIMILAR for more than 10 seconds.
Many of you may question if only ten seconds makes this an example of plagiarism, well, plagiarism in music aspect is a very hard situation to deal with.
If i recall correctly, you only need 8 consecutive notes to consider a song an example of plagiarism, which is very, very easy to occur.
Conclusion: There could be no reason to remove, and immediately replace a BGM like that, other than such situation.
It's not even intentional, because you can notice both songs have a very different melody. That might just be a mistake from the composers.
In fact, rumors are apparently correct. I may be wrong, but this is what i got out from analyzing these songs.
Sorry for the wall of text :C