My Take | It’s a musical spoof, protesters, so why so serious?
- Protesters are taking their own ‘anthem’ too seriously, and in the same way they accused Beijing about the national anthem law
It wasn’t too long ago that the opposition was rejecting the copyright amendment law by calling it the “online Article 23”, a reference to the anti-subversion article in the Basic Law which was never legislated.
The reason they gave for opposing the amendment was that it would interfere with legitimate non-commercial use, creative borrowing – and satirical works.
Well, it appears that while the protest/riot movement is happy to spoof those they oppose, they lose all sense of humour when they themselves become targets of satire. Suddenly, they get all self-righteous about copyright and intellectual property rights.
Here’s my question: does Ho or Goomusic own the tune of Glory to Hong Kong? It’s hard to know when the composer has never identified him or herself or come out to claim ownership.
The deleted clip is obviously a spoof – the meaning of the lyrics was switched to the opposite of the original; everyone in the chorus and the orchestra wore white, in contrast to black-clad singers and musicians in the original; the simulation of tear gas in a dark background in the original became bright light in the new version.
