Cassiopeia puts pressure on SMEnt with boycott

[kishikiari.livejournal.com]

Idol group Dong Bang Shin Ki’s 800K strong fanclub Cassiopeia has planned to show their support for their idols through their united act.

A fanpage ‘DongNaeBangNae’ recently put up a notice to call out to fans to boycott SM Entertainment by not buying products from SM Entertainment on 12th August.

Recently, with the lawsuit between SM Ent and Dong Bang Shin Ki member Xiah JunSu, Micky YooChun and Hero JaeJoong over contract problems, SMTown Live 09 concert to take place on 16th August was postponed indefinitely.

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[kishikiari.livejournal.com]

(http://pt-br.tinypic.com)

[hobutt.livejournal.com]

So they did this yesterday?

IDEK how I feel.

[maisoui.livejournal.com]

What? No. Protest outside the SM building with signs.

[dreamsbytheedge.livejournal.com]

I won't be surprised if E.L.F , Sowon, or Shawol decided to support them or smth. LOL USELESS COMMENT IS USELESS.

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

This is really lame, sry2say. Why do they have to pull down the other fandoms too? If I were an SNSD or Suju fan (more than a DBSK fan), I would be shit pissed.

[dreamsbytheedge.livejournal.com]

WONDERFUL IDEA. GO CASSIES. WE BELIEVE IN YOU.

[d-magix.livejournal.com]

This. It annoys me to no end.

But you gotta admit, their loyalty is just amazing.

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

I think the article has it a bit wrong. I saw it someone where else and they said they were going to boycott SM period until things were resolved

[d-magix.livejournal.com]

....these people.

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's for just one day, I think it's that the message went out that dya.

[twnklsnowflake.livejournal.com]

cassie<3

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

no it's not really. It's the best way to hurt SM. Hit them where it counts, which is their money.

Eh.. I'm just always up for a good boycott, it's fun to see business sweat when people do.

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

though i think they're rallying support by bringing up that this affects all of smtown - because it was the smtown concert that was postponed.

[hp-eternalglory.livejournal.com]

this.
this needs to stay a dbsk issue for the time being.
if the results are good, then hopefully they'll trickle down to other groups but i don't think they should be involved in the fight.

[surfingthe-sun.livejournal.com]

wtf as a tag is correct. (Y) Srsly...

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

I guess. But like you know, if SM releases a limited edition photobook blah blah blah, you can bet on your money that people will still buy it. Just cos it's limited edition. IDK, maybe I'm just skeptical. :(

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

When does this end? If Zhang Liyin is coming back soon, then wow, sux 2 b her.

[baeraki.livejournal.com]

I wonder how long this will last.

After reading the full article, something did stick out, though.
That whole thing about them releasing the Summer SMTown '09 album.

I half expected SM to delay that as well. Maybe they'll eventually cancel the concert and are using the album to compensate for it?

[hoyah.livejournal.com]

i'm not saying it's necessarily an idea i agree with - i'm torn, personally, because even if they are mostly attacking releases like cd's (which artists apparently gain nothing from, anyway) there is reputation to be considered (cd sales help artists get known) and that could be harmed when an artist doesn't do so hot on the charts

but at the same time, as consumers, the only power cass or any other fanclub/fans has/have is through purchase.

[shoiryu.livejournal.com]

Suju are my dominant fandom, and I'm honestly ready to support any action I think will benefit DBSK, because I do feel that any action that benefits them at this point will benefit everyone.

On the other hand, I don't know how effective or beneficial this action will be for anybody. Heh.

[motoharu.livejournal.com]

Um.. wouldn't this just hurt the artists more because they'd get even less income then they already supposedly do? o.o

[shoiryu.livejournal.com]

This.

[sequinstilettos.livejournal.com]

(http://tinypic.com)

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Is the main bulk of income from buying all these things? Genuinely asking.

[hp-eternalglory.livejournal.com]

tbh, i'm glad they didn't delay it. if they had, i'm sure fans wouldn't have been happy about that either.
plus seaside is so epic, it needed to be heard XD