"If Mr. Granada himself had earlier noted no similarity between what he and the other composer wrote, he has no basis accusing GMA of infringement for its use or of taking advantage of his work. Like Mr. Granada, GMA also saw no similarity between the two musical compositions.
NOT CLAIMING CO-AUTHORSHIP. Gary then issued a written statement stressing that he is not claiming co-authorship of the final product approved for airing. Pertaining to the statements released by his former client, Gary accused the Kapuso Network of deceiving the public by straying away from the real issue at hand.
The songwriter behind the hits "'Pag Nanalo ang Ginebra" and "Mabuti Pa Sila," among others, stressed that he was accusing the network of unethical practice and that he was not going after sole or co-authorship rights of the jingle.
"I made it very, very clear in my audio narrative. Unang-una po, liwanagin ko lang, hinding-hindi ko inaangkin yung nilabas nila sa TV. Ang claim ko, hindi sila makakagawa nun kung hindi nila sinamantala ang study na gawa ko.
"Apparently, GMA Network never even bothered to listen to the narrative in its entirety. That is GMA Network's slogan: Katotohanan. So you expect better research from their people. By making it appear that I am claiming co-authorship, GMA Network skirts the issues I have raised, and in effect deceives the public.
"I am a lyricist in my own right, and I have absolutely no interest in 'co-authoring' with advertisement copywriters. I set their lyrics to music by composing pieces which also entails editing their "copies" as is the practice in the industry. If they are indeed capable of 'co-authoring' compositions, there would have been no need for composers to do that for them.
"Secondly, I never said I 'had to change one word to suit the music' as the article stated. On the contrary, I said in the same audio narrative, 'Kaya nga naging madali na lang gawan ng ibang tono ng iba, kasi finormat ko na yung original lyrics mo na magiging singable at musical.'
"And lastly, saying that 'GMA Kapuso Foundation had nothing to do with the composition of the music' is splitting the hairs of Pontius Pilate. Of course, they could not have, they are not composers! It is patently lawyer doublespeak. Atty. Dick Perez is not a GMA production assistant, he is a GMA Network Vice President. His letter was printed on an official stationery complete with the GMA Network letterhead with the famous heart-shaped logo. His words therefore express the official position of the entire network. Surely they're not saying GMA Kapuso Foundation in not part of GMA Network. Do you see a disclaimer in Imbestigador that says it is a project of News and Public Affairs together with the Post Production and Marketing Departments and that the Legal Department has nothing to do with it?"
Hindi yung side lang GMA lang ang binabasa nyo. Iba ang Claims nya sa Isinasagot ng GMA. Obviously, nililihis ng GMA ang topic para malito ang mga taong interesado sa kuwentong ito.
Example: Gary: Hoy! recipe ko yan.
GMA: Recipe mo nga pero hinaluan ko nang carrots kaya nag-iba na!
Gary: Pero hindi mo naman na-imbento yang luto na yan kung hindi ko pinag-aralang iluto at ibinigay ko sa yo ang recipe at mga ingredients nito.
GMA: Pero nilagyan ko na ng carrots so hindi mo na recipe.
please study the premise of infringement of rights! the source of the work can never be called so because in the first place they own it, simple lang naman intindihin kase ba't pinapagulo pa, hi pwedeng tawanging magnanakaw yung may-ari! gets nyo! ano ba kase iniisip nyo sa infringement of rights - refrigerator ganun!
lessons in life: learn to accept shortcomings and try to cry sometimes, shedding tears is not cowardice but a symbol of strength that in your eyes there is still bucketful of tears to flow down anew!
di lahat ng ninaai natin magugustuhan ng iba, matuto kang tumaggap ng ctiticism because in life there is no monopoly of either knowledge or talent!
anong klaseng hangin ba kase ang pumasok diayn sa kukuti mo, iutot mo nalang iyan at yun ang totoong pasabog, parang granada ha ha ha...
If you uploaded a video to youtube with copyrights or copyrighted by someone, is it good for that someone to slam youtube with quot;copyright infringementquot;? Absolutely NO!
If you seek money and popularity, of course you might want to sue Youtube instead of the uploader who actually infringes his rights.
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In Gary's case, I think he is the one who is misleading the people, he is no different from those sour looser who got so desperate of loosing a project/income. This is madness, this is called revenge.
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Or I think, Gary might have allowed his self to be used by the other network. Remember the rating issue?
may point si mr.granada.
hindi naman siguro pera habol niya, kundi yung rights niya and yung concept niya.
alam mo naman kung sayo talaga gawa yun..
sayang... KAPUSO don't do that to small people...tsk.tsk
- gary granada gma7 sound clip
- gary granada recorded statement
It is quite obvious that this article is slanted in favor of GMA7, what with this website being affiliated with the said network. I nod my head in disbelief at GMA7's statements! It does not address the points in Mr. Granada's original statement at all. It seems they are trying to misdirect the public and feeding lies. I wonder why PEP did not even post the sound clip of Mr. Granada's original statement, and in the past article they didn't even post the parts that clearly illustrate how and why GMA is infringing Mr. Granada's rights.
This is worth noting because the said sound clip explains EVERYTHING. Even a layman will see why Mr. Granada is upset. Listen to it and after that, tell me if you're still on GMA's side.
Search for quot;gary granada gma7 sound clipquot; without quotes in google and you'll see what I mean.
Again please do listen to the sound clip / recorded statement of Mr. Gran
halos pareho nga nman ang music n ginawa nya sa ginamit ng gma foundation..
nkakalungkot lng basahin sa mga comments n sinasabihan n mukang pera c mr. gary granada or bumubuntot lng sa gma for popularity, cguro mas mganda if u will try to listen to his audio statement..
familiar aq sa knya kc naririnig q lagi ang name nya sa tv everytym n mag-eexpress ng gratitude ung ibang mga singers sa knya..
and lastly, i learned in school music class nmin n isa xa sa foundation ng musikang pinoy.. :
kali
February 10, 2009
09:43 AM
ngayon ang tanong, if the chosen composition is really based on his lyrics and work and at kaparehong-kapareho ng kanyang musical structure... hasn't he just effectively called HIMSELF 'mediocre' at 'the pits'?
---natumbok mo yun ha!
Also, if the e-mail sent by his manager is true, what right does Mr. Granada has asking GMA for respect when the remarks of the composer of the music is disrespectful. Just because you have been composing song for decades does not give you the authority to say what is mediocre or not.
Lastly, you complain about the bad taste of GMA for chosing that composer over you, but you did not complaing about the similarity in musical composition?