Bahnus

Bahnus (Korean: 바누스) whose real name is Lee Jae-young (Korean: 이재영) is a South Korean composer and producer. Until May 10, 2010, he was a member and leader of Bahnus Vacuum, a group which consisted of seven composers. Bahnus Vacuum disbanded May 25, 2010.

Bahnus worked with South Korean singer and actress Lee Hyori on her album H-Logic which was released on April 12, 2010. This collaboration came as a surprise to many, because Bahnus was introduced as a rookie songwriter, as where Lee Hyori is a senior celebrity. Bahnus was credited as composer for seven out of 14 tracks listed on H-Logic. All of the songs for which Bahnus received credit were accused of being plagiarized, by netizens.

Even after several statements by Mnet Media, Lee Hyori's record label at that moment, the accusations weren't dropped. Netizens even found ways to contact the original artists of the plagiarized songs, these artists claimed they never heard of Bahnus or Lee Jae-young, and were shocked to find out about this issue. Some artists decided to hire lawyers to deal with the issue.

The legal battle between Mnet Media and Bahnus, who is charged with fraud and obstruction of operations, are expected to be the largest in K-pop history. On September 14, 2010, the composer was indicted for plagiarizing seven songs on H-Logic, costing 29 million won, but was also charged with swindling an entertainment business official for 30 million won by fabricating his contract with an international record company.

Mnet Media stated that Bahnus had lied to them. According to his fake curriculum vitae, Lee Jae-young went to Yonsei University where he studied law school, but he dropped out and went to study at Guildhall School of Music and Drama in England where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in jazz composition, then he went for University of Music and Dance Cologne in Germany where he got his Jazz master's degree in music.

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