BIGBANG's Taeyang caught in plagiarism dispute
An American singer plans to sue YG Entertainment over accusations of plagiarism.

Derrick Bullock, an American singer, came under fire by K-pop fans and YG Entertainment due to similarities between his song "Change Me," and YG Entertainment singer Taeyang's "Eyes, Nose, Lips." The video has since been removed from YouTube, but "Change Me" is still available on iTunes. Bullock has asserted that musicians in Korea stole the song from him, while YG Entertainment has stated that it is looking into the issue.

The two songs have very similar background music, to the degree that K-pop fans started to report the video on YouTube due to copyright issues. Fans also began to leave negative, one-star reviews on the iTunes page of "Change Me." Taeyang's "Eyes, Nose, Lips," one of the most popular Korean songs in 2014, was released on June 3, 2014. "Change Me" was first released on YouTube on July 31, 2014, followed by an iTunes release of the same song on August 2014.

Despite the alleged plagiarism, the YouTube video description of "Change Me" was updated prior to the video's removal from YouTube on January 6. Derrick Bullock allegedly credited Taeyang prior to the removal of his video from YouTube.

Derrick Bullock claims: "It [the instrumental of "Change Me"] DOES NOT belong to a Korean band - it was stolen from me and used in music in Korea 4 years ago. Before you start telling Derrick he stole this music, get your facts straight. Video and paper documentation are available for proof that all rights belong to Derrick Bullock."

YG Entertainment spoke to Sports Donga: "The agency has looked into the content in question, and we're currently preparing a countermeasure."

"Eyes, Nose, Lips" was written by Taeyang and Teddy, and composed by Teddy, Dee.P, and Rebecca Johnson. The song won multiple awards, including garnering Taeyang the best male artist award at the 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA.)

You can hear Taeyang's song below and hear Bullock's version here. Do you think the plagiarism allegations have merit?

This issue were later settled when American artist Derrick Bullock finally admitted to plagiarizing Taeyang's song "Eyes, Nose, Lips."

Bullock initially claimed that he wrote the piano accompaniment to his song four years before "Eyes, Nose, Lips" was released, but he later admitted that, while the vocal portion of the song was his own creation, the background music came from Taeyang. Bullock's song has been removed from Youtube and iTunes following the strenuous objections of YG Entertainment, Taeyang's label. Bullock's agency claims it accidentally neglected the terms of copyright permissions.

Seriously can't buy Bullock's story of "accidental neglect" after he changed his story so many times.