According to an exclusive report by Sports Kyunghyang, the court admitted KakaoTalk messages between BTS’ V and Min Hee-jin as evidence in the HYBE–Min Hee-jin lawsuit, in which V reportedly commented:
— “(Plagiarism stories always come up; there’s never been a time they didn't). Sigh... I know, right. Even I looked at it and thought, ‘Ah, this is similar...’”
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Kim Sung-soo TV
Interview with Jeon Da-hyun, BizKorea Reporter and Author of “K-pop, Idols in Wonderland”
Jeon Da-hyun:
Actually, this is what I wanted to bring up. With NewJeans recently sending a termination notice, we saw a lot of entertainment associations release statements condemning and criticizing it. Some even went as far as to say this shakes the very foundation of contracts.
But if you look at the history of the entertainment industry, agencies have frequently issued contract termination notices to artists, whether to trainees or their own signed celebrities, when those artists became embroiled in controversies. And it’s not like these cases are hidden; there are countless well-known examples.
Kim Sung-soo:
I’m sure everyone can recall a few incidents. Can you give us just one representative example?
Jeon Da-hyun:
—One example? Well… okay. Let’s say before debut, if there’s a school bullying issue or some other serious controversy, the agency will announce, “We are terminating this person’s contract.” But those announcements aren’t made after lawsuits and court rulings confirming that termination is valid. They just do it.
In the end, agencies have the power to unilaterally terminate contracts. Meanwhile, idols, whether trainees or already debuted artists, do not have that same right.
Kim Sung-soo:
Exactly. The company can invoke “violation of good faith and sincerity” as grounds to cancel a contract at will.
And the idols can’t even fight back. If they do, they lose. The company brings in Kim & Chang (the biggest law firm), floods the media with reports, and how are idols supposed to win against that?
The most important point is that during this entire process, the idols cannot work at all. Their activities are frozen. The company drags it out. If they think they might lose, they just drag it out longer. Extending a lawsuit for three, five years is easy for them, but for idols, that’s the end of their career. Their prime years vanish.
The only reason NewJeans is able to endure right now is because they’re NewJeans… the top girl group in the world. Because they’re Min Hee-jin’s NewJeans… backed by one of the world’s best producers. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to withstand this at all.
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mata que le den más importancia a ser "kuka" o "anti kuka" cuando lo que de verdad importa es que no se caguen en los derechos de MILLONES DE PERSONAS la poca empatia y consciente que tiene tanta gente es tristisima