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'Baby Shark' copyright claim by US composer rejected by South Korea's Supreme Court

By Jenny Lee ( August 14, 2025, 08:51 GMT | Insight) -- The Pinkfong Company has secured a final victory in South Korea’s top court in a copyright lawsuit brought by American composer Johnny Only over the hit children’s song “Baby Shark,” ending a legal battle that lasted more than five years. The court found Only’s version, based on the same North American folk song, lacked the substantial changes needed to qualify as a derivative work under South Korean law.The Pinkfong Company has secured a final victory in South Korea’s top court in a copyright lawsuit brought by an American composer over the hit children's song “Baby Shark,” ending a legal battle that lasted more than five years....

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