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K-POP is becoming the new sensation overseas and the number of international consumers purchasing Korean music albums is increasing by the day.
However, sources like Mnet and Soribada have been recently targeted for having illegally distributed Korean music.
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This is regarding the songs of girl group 2NE1.
Thanks to the K-POP / Hallyu wave becoming phenomenally popular overseas, sources like CJ Mnet and Soribada have been able to make a lot of money from distributing K-POP music. But the songwriters, nor the company representatives or even 2NE1 themselves knew about this matter. They had signed a contract agreeing to distribute their music domestically in Korea, but without notice their music was distributed internationally as well.
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A 2NE1 Music distributor representative stated:
“There was nothing in the contract permitting them to distribute internationally, and therefore makes their actions illegal.”
Sources like iTunes sell digital singles on their website for an average of $1.00 per song, and most of that money goes to whomever owns the copyright to the song, however, sites like Soribada have been selling a collection of songs for what converts to roughly $ 0.06.
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Overseas User:
“American sites charge about a dollar per song, but Korean sites offer package deals for a fraction of the price…”
The parties in question claim it was a mistake made by one of their employees and that they had signed a new contract, however they have been criticized for inhibiting the further growth of K-POP.
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The Grand National Party Hannnara member Lee Chul Woo:
“Distributing copyright materials overseas without prior notice is no different from burglary. This is like slapping Hallyu across the face.”
International Music Distributors are getting ready to file a lawsuit against illegal distributors for the profits they made as a result of breaching their contract.
Source & Image: MBC via Naver
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