Beehive logo. Provided by Hive Hive, which owns multiple labels such as Big Hit Music and Adore, announced that it will take strong legal action against actions that violate the rights and interests of artists.
On the 29th, the six labels under Hive announced each artist’s rights violations and legal action status on each artist’s Weverse channels and social media. A total of 10 teams, including Baekho, Hwang Min-hyun, BTS, Seventeen, Fromis Nine, Tomorrow by Together, Enhyphen, Le Seraphim, New Jeans, and Team N, posted notices.
△ Malicious messages △ Threats to artists’ safety and invasion of privacy △ Crimes of impersonating artists △ Leakage of personal information △ Comments that harm artists within live communication channels were listed as violations of rights and interests. The notification included cases of corresponding illegal acts, the progress of individual artists’ complaints, and some of the consequences of the penalty.
According to Big Hit Music, criminal punishment was dropped as a result of the prosecution’s investigation into BTS sasaengs (individuals or groups who cause inconvenience by violating privacy such as following private schedules or trespassing into homes) who were charged with criminal law stalking. Regarding the sasaeng who visited the artist’s home several times, it was explained that an investigation is underway after being reported to the police on charges of breaching the Stalking Penalty Act and trespassing.
The actor who leaked unreleased music by impersonating a member of BTS secured additional criminal facts of artist impersonation in addition to the existing criminal facts, filed an additional criminal complaint, and was arrested and indicted, and is set to be sentenced by the court. Big Hit Music added, “We have compiled a number of malicious messages that amount to spreading false facts and defamation and have included them in the complaint regarding artist rumors with many malicious intentions.”
Source Music announced that it has filed a complaint regarding a number of posts that spread false and defamatory information, including the first post regarding malicious rumors about Kim Chae-won’s Le Seraphim. He further explained that he had collected and filed a complaint about spreading and mass-producing rumors in a group chat room in which many people participated, spreading absurd and malicious false information to a certain community, and collecting and filing false sexual harassment and pornographic posts. pictures.
Source Music said, “As a result of the previous complaints, some of the suspects were found guilty of insult after a long-term police investigation and were subject to legal punishment. In addition, many cases were transferred to the District Prosecutor’s Office having secured their names and are currently subject to investigation and legal procedures. “I would like to inform you that it exists.”
Adore filed a complaint against “posts that ridicule and insult the nationality of the artist, etc., vulgar posts that cause shame or sexual disgust, posts that synthesize and distribute fictional pornographic images, and those who wrote comments damaging the artist on the live channel.” “Among past complaints, a suspect whose identity was identified by the investigative agency asked for a settlement, but our company said he wanted to be punished without a settlement and made it clear that we will hold him legally responsible until the end,” he said. He said.
Hive takes regular legal action. Cases of the most frequent malicious posts are collected using reports from fans and our own monitoring system. Hive’s self-built monitoring system covers all channels, including social media and online communities, and even collects posts written anonymously and then deletes them. A Hive official said, “The label’s dedicated team protects the rights and interests of artists by rigorously finding content that constitutes defamation, insult, sexual harassment, distribution of false information, and malicious slander.”
This official said, “Artists are targets of criticism and surveillance as public figures, but before that, they must be respected and protected as natural people and individuals. We want to eliminate repeated acts of human rights violations that are malicious enough to cause mental trauma for artists “We are taking legal action,” he stressed.
He said, “It’s true that a healthy fandom culture has played a big role in K-pop’s rise to the world’s attention,” adding, “For K-pop to expand into a sophisticated industrial ecosystem in the future, there are some nefarious problems . Blindly demeaning comments or behavior must disappear.” he said.
Since 2018, Hive has been periodically publishing the progress of complaints and penalty details for infringement of each artist’s rights.
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