# @bbcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNdnuiEN4b7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33473062-bbcnews-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-17T16:27:56.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

After a six-year battle, a verdict has been reached over the song Baby Shark.
 
The inescapably catchy tune is understood to be a children's folk song which originated in the US in the 1970s and popularised at summer camps. US composer Jonathan Wright recorded a version in 2011, which he posted on YouTube.
 
Five years later, South Korean company Pinkfong produced and posted a version of the song with the "doo doo doo doo doo doo" refrain. This version went on to become the most-viewed YouTube video of all time, inspiring countless adaptations, translations, and even a movie.
 
Wright claimed he owned the copyright of his version, but Pinkfong argued that its version was simply a different arrangement of the same original folk song, which is in the public domain.
 
Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to read what South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in favour of.
 
#BabyShark #BBCNews

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