allkpop interviews with a Korean media outlet

[frantastic.livejournal.com]

Asia Econ's interview with Johnny Noh of allkpop.

1. How did this happen?

At the end of June, we received an offer in our tip box regarding nude pictures of singer Ailee. When we called him, we were able to find out that he was a foreigner living in Toronto, Canada. He asked for $3,500 for the pictures. We told him, "Leaking the photos will cause big problems later." He replied to us, "I'm scared of that as well. I'll stop here."

2. Did you contact YMC?

It was an important matter so we directly contacted a YMC staff member. They actually told us that we were making it up and when we asked why, they accused our staff member, Ailee's ex-boyfriend, of trying to sell the photos to Dispatch. They said that if this was to become a problem later, they'd take legal action so we were free to do whatever we wanted.


3. Did you check with her ex-boyfriend?

After we found out, we asked him and he denied it. He said he looked into the matter out of his own curiosity but that was it. He has nothing to do with this leak. We checked with him over a hundred times.

4. But the pictures were eventually uploaded on allkpop.

On the 10th, we received another tip in our tip box. When we researched the link, it was uploaded by someone from Toronto, Canada. The picture had already been uploaded in July and again in October. We decided that the pictures were already released to the world.

5. YMC claims that Ailee sent those photos to her ex-boyfriend for his help. There are suspicions that he is involved in this for business/monetary reasons.

That's an unfounded accusation. We've already discussed with him about the picture several times. The means in which the pictures were acquired is completely different. This scandal is putting us at a great loss as well. Our server was down because of the influx of page visits and our advertisements were cut off.

6. YMC has revealed that they will be taking legal action.

Since we are just as much negatively affected by this, we are discussing taking legal action as well. What's important, however, is that we are not the first to leak the photos. We are willing to cooperate with YMC if they want to find the first person to leak them.

7. In the end, it's Ailee who is the most negatively affected by this.

Personally, we are extremely apologetic. But since the pictures were already released online, we decided that the scandal would've exploded at some point in time anyway.


Source: Asia Econ via Naver via NB

Comments

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

[aya-sama3000.livejournal.com]

gaaah i remember seeing this but i cant think of where its from u.u

where is that gif from?

[anthonymarie.livejournal.com]

[achan123.livejournal.com]

XD
the recoil at the end >___<

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

Maybe YMC for dragging their name into all this. Like slander or whatever that's called.

[hugtimes.livejournal.com]

what a bunch of asshats.

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Yeah I kinda agree with AJ on this one... I can't believe they're complaining about how their server went down
They have no shame

[active3minutes.livejournal.com]

yeah...ok...

[geniebsmart.livejournal.com]

That...is an awesome gif of Key. Where is it from?

[uledy.livejournal.com]

Personally, we are extremely apologetic.

Don't lie.

But since the pictures were already released online, we decided that the scandal would've exploded at some point in time anyway.

Uh-uh.

+ playing the victim.

nhf this shit.

(http://imgur.com/FLiwxgO)

[torontok.livejournal.com]

You lost revenue from your servers goign down? Let me get you a purple heart, you shitheads.
also somebody posted this tweet from back in 2009 when I'm guessing Allkpoop's journalistic ethics werent as "strong' as they are now

[aya-sama3000.livejournal.com]

There's Taec nudes out there somewhere?!?!?

ahem imma need for akp to provide me the pics so i can verify whether or not these pics are of Ok Taecyeon *coughcough*

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

So why not, if they had been released twice AKP will just do it again and keep the scandal going and drive up their hit count. Again, they are so stupid for doing it. They are making excuses and not taking responsibility for their actions in the posting of said photos THIS time around.
What legal rights to do they have? If this was child porn would they get off scottfree because they let someone in Russia upload them and then they just post the photos. NO they would be in trouble too.

[love-allure.livejournal.com]

We decided that the pictures were already released to the world.

let's be real right now , you don't get to decide anything on this kind of shit. you just wanted the hits and probably didn't think this would end up this way. the ex-bf is scum, i saw those dispatch exchanges.

[icedevil0289.livejournal.com]

ughh he makes my skin crawl especially with what he tweeted in regards to the whole thing.

[caramelorchoco.livejournal.com]

... he's such a shithead omg

allkpop is vile, i dont know why people still go there

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

(http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/bunica1990/media/tumblr_mvip1j3QgE1qc6r9wo2_500_zps3036395d.gif.html)

[megamisama-ann.livejournal.com]

Damn. What film is it?

[crowleyd545.livejournal.com]

they tried to be ~exclusive~ but then they ate shit. can't believe some people defend that site.

[porcupinegloves.livejournal.com]

Personally, we are extremely apologetic. But since the pictures were already released online, we decided that the scandal would've exploded at some point in time anyway.



so basically you decided to try to end her career... ok

[jesymphony.livejournal.com]

[waterpulse.livejournal.com]

"But
since the pictures were already released online,
we decided that the scandal would've exploded
at some point in time anyway."

thats like saying murder's okay because "well everyone dies eventually, I was just helping out"

akp is so gross.

[julyever.livejournal.com]

lol can you fucking imagine if people used that logic for everything

it's ok for me to steal, it was going to leave the store eventually
it's ok for me to throw out your stuff, it was going to get old eventually
it's ok for me to stab you, you were going to die eventually

what the fuck even

[lilybeth84.livejournal.com]

[chanxchan015.livejournal.com]

Johnny boy keeps mention the ip adress in Canada. Nigga that's a weak ass story. Anyone can change their ip. This story also differs from the first one he put out. He said the guy in canada said if Allkcrap didn't bite he'd go somewhere else. Now he's sying the guy was scared or whatever to have the pics. Johnny just thinks were all fools and won't catch on. Also he's just full of shit anyways. I hope their shit gets taken down. Fucking bitches. Own up to what you started Johnny.

[porcupinegloves.livejournal.com]

ikr he's changing his story, i don't believe a single word of what he said

[canxi.livejournal.com]

orly.

The last answer... They decided it was going to explode in some point in time, anyway...so they went ahead and set the bomb off first?????

Wonder why no one is praising their so-called journalistic integrity...

[achan123.livejournal.com]

-_____-
eat a dick allkpop

[hellodee16.livejournal.com]

[babyonions.livejournal.com]

What a nice site run by nice, considerate people.
Assholes.

[frequency.livejournal.com]

We told him, "Leaking the photos will cause big problems later."

and yet y'all posted them anyway knowing that this would blow up

[ah-mui.livejournal.com]

Allkpop's reasoning is that they'd be in trouble if they were the ones to pay and publish it first, but since it's already out there for 6 months already (albeit obscurely) they have just enough of an excuse to get away with it. And they didn't even have to pay anyone for it.