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MNET responds to MAMA boycott by SM and Inwoo

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delacroix in Breaking News! | 03 Nov 2009 - 03:54 AM

 
MAMA

Earlier this evening, we reported that SM Entertainment had decided to boycott 2009 MAMA. MNET was swift with their response to SME's claims against them.

In a phone interview with Money Today on the 3rd, a MNET representative said:

Inwoo and SM Entertainment mentioned that the fairness in selection of candidates was questionable, but that is not true. All candidates were selected fairly through the music charts and data collected on Mnet.com.

If we were to try and exclude artists of certain company, we wouldn't have put artists of those companies on our candidate list to begin with. Also, we would be risking our reputation and fairness if we were to change things just because major entertainment companies disagree with our system. If companies keep complaining about year end ceremonies, then such event cannot exist. The point of this ceremony is celebration by all artists who shined this year with their hard work, so I wish that artists would forget about receiving award or not and just put on an amazing show.


Regarding the fee to vote, the representative explained, "This was done to prevent fans from casting multiple votes on specific artists. It was not done for profit. We are planning on donating profit earned from the voting process back to the music industry."

The possibility of SME coming back to MAMA still looks very low. MAMA is just over ten days away, so stay tuned to allkpop for more news on the event!



  
 

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bigbangandaal's avatar

COMPLICATED.. : /
GOOD LUCK TO SM N MAMA <3

 
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MAMA seems fair… I don’t see why SME wants an award for this so badly. o.o Yeah. Just put on a show and have fun.

 
toto101's avatar

Bleh w/e ima laugh if it didnt happen

 
Siezer's avatar

@1 - agree… it seems the whole kpop world is going through it’s complications and controversies (mostly involving either SM or 2PM).

 
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big liar MNet

 
Ts_Heidi's avatar

the drama hurts my insides T^T

 
bebesandee04's avatar

hmm makes sense..i hope they will settle the issues before the day of the event.

 
jy's avatar

well said Mnet.

 
ibleedorange's avatar

Prevent fans from casting multiple votes on specific artists?
As if a fee could ever stop that! Nice try Mnet. Next excuse please.
I don’t care about the other stuff but making fans pay to vote is bullshit.

 
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No, you put those artists on your candidate list to attract their fans so they could pay to vote. And what about the trot singers’ boycott, Mnet? Are they not important enough for you to make a staement about their boycott too?

 
CKXJ's avatar

Just let them perform!

 
bebesandee04's avatar

hmmmm..makes sense..MNET has a point on that..I hope they will settle this boycotting issue before the said event.

 
CKXJ's avatar

Just let them perform!!

 
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uhm okay. Donate the money to the kpop industry? Pssh donate my ass. Seriously I could care less about the awards, but I hope SM will let their artists perform. Who cares about that damn company? I don’t. I just want the artists they’re forbidding from performing on the award show. Like seriously.

 
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haha. haha to the fees. seriously though. isn’t there something that just read IP addresses or something, just to prevent double votes. whatever. if they do put the money to the “music industry”, it should be some charity or something then.

 
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Sounds like bullshit to me.
Everything that they do on MNet is “giving back to the music industry”.
So whatever, it’s just going into some ahjusshi’s pockets.

 
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-____- SAY WHUUT? I know nothing about the Mnet and SM controversies. But I still dislike SM either way.

 
Boomer's avatar

whoa!  i hope sme artist will perform! in MAMA!! whether they will win or not the show must go on!

heheh 1st??

 
profoundquiet's avatar

@6 seriously.  is it so much to ask for some good news?

 
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wow… why do they always have drama. i can understand SME’s frustration but Mnet seems to be right, and their statement makes a lot of sense.

 
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“reputation and fairness”?? pshhh

 
Priscillia^^'s avatar

MNET had a good point.

aw, I Really Love The SM Artist.
But Thats just because BoA kwon is my Favorite Singer [x
So, i have to like them =x jk.[x

 
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So should I not watch MAMA like others? LOL.

 
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Bull Shit.

 
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Fans also need to pay to vote in Golden Disk Awards..

 
Millie's avatar

Mariah Carey: Too complicated

Amen.

Just do music, stop controversy..

 
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seriously, shinee fans should read this. this would shut them up. earlier they were blasting ss501 fans for asking for an re-examination. so see what is their parent company doing???? boycotting because they THINK not all their artists were nominated appropriately. ha!!!

 
Millie's avatar

MAMA will be great no matter what.

 
Marciaaa's avatar

TSS WHATEVER.

 
TaeYang's Baby Momma's avatar

SM just has too many issues they are retarded! They make a lot of accusations!! Wow donno what to say about it but SM needs to get over themselves!!

 
etrick's avatar

I see Mnet’s point, but i still don’t see why you have to pay to vote. (you have to pay to vote rite?  if u don’t then well i have nothing to complain) As for SM’s decision, he’s a sore loser. Just because his 9 girls didn’t win last time he’s being all butthurt. Greedy much? Super Junior was obviously winning from last i checked. SJ <3

 
sunshine18392's avatar

still completely against the fee. you can just make it so people can’t double vote. easy. stop making excuses.

 
GrandmaXD's avatar

SURE MNET SURE.

 
kamisama's avatar

i wont watch or support MAMA if Suju and SM entertaintment’s artists are not in !!!!

 
Afflicti0n's avatar

“Also, we would be risking our reputation and fairness if we were to change things just because major entertainment companies disagree with our system”

Where was this “fairness” when Gee didn’t even win once or when none of SM artists won anything at MNET 20’s Choice Award?
BS
Saying whatever to save face..

 
Fadexoxo's avatar

-_____- <—- not satisfied…..

 
luvfejj's avatar

and now SME complaining about the money making!????
heller are they hearing themselves….hahahaha
it will not be a award ceremony without sm artist…dang!!!!
sooo much drama!!!!
pls..talk and fix ur…problems…..no more DRAMA
i had enough w/ the dbsk issue..soooo sad…..
well more chances for other artist..hehe…

 
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” The point of this ceremony is celebration by all artists who shined this year with their hard work, so I wish that artists would forget about receiving award or not and just put on an amazing show.”

Okay then, So what was the point of changing MKMF—> MAMA? If they are telling us that awards shouldn’t matter, why don’t they just CANCEL the award show and put on a show with epic performances? Wouldn’t that make more sense and be more enjoyable?!

 
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BULLSHIT! MNET!

 
sailhat's avatar

that seems complicated. i’m kinda in favour of SM, but then MAMA does a good job justifying things..

 
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deja vu
lmao….
sme sure love to stir some trouble here…
not like the troubles they have right now are not enough XDD
do they really have that much spare time on these small thing….
don’t they need to take care of DBSK’s issue XDD

 
djc_yana's avatar

whatever they are trying to prove right now i still can’t trust Mnet. though, i don’t like the fact that SM boycotts this event but i somehow can understand why they don’t. still, i hope this event would entertain us. year end/awards night performances are like really the best.

 
neorago's avatar

gah! no SJ,SNSD,SHINee,f(x) = SUCKS!

 
xion20's avatar

Excuses.

 
kloverdts's avatar

selected fairly? then how come SJ didn’t win any awards at MNet Summer Break 20’s Choice Awards though it’s truly obvious that they’re gonna win? Well, that’s my point of view smile

 
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YEAH MNET!! stand up to SM!! all this just generates more bad publicity for SME. but oh well..maybe they think bad publicity > no publicity! but they can’t keep trying to bully people into doing things their way!!

 


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