56 Celebrities Including Bae Yong Jun, SNSD and Super Junior Lose Publicity Case Against Portal Site

[imienazwisko.livejournal.com]

56 celebrities took group action against portal sites for violating their publicity rights, but the court ruled against them.

On July 24, the Seoul Western District Court ruled in favor of SK Communications, which owns the portal site Nate, in a publicity case filed by 56 celebrities.

The 56 celebrities include Kim Nam Gil and Bae Yong Jun, and the members of Girls′ Generation (SNSD), Super Junior, f(x), 2PM and miss A.

The celebrities took issue with how portal sites did not stop online shopping mall owners from using their names to sell their products.

Some shopping mall owners had taken to advertising their items as ′Bae Yong Joon glasses′, ′Suzy bags′ or ′SNSD t-shirts′.

The celebrities had asked for 640 million won in compensation.

The number of celebrities originally numbered 59, but actors Jang Dong Gun, Kim Soo Hyun and Soo Ae dropped out of the case before a decision was reached.

This recent ruling upholds decisions made in previous cases the 56 celebrities filed against Daum and Naver. Daum and Naver also won similar cases filed previously.

The celebrities requested a retrial on the case against Naver in February.
source: mwave

Comments

[xx-pinkstar.livejournal.com]

Imagine if that kind of idol power joined forces to sue their companies

[luvey.livejournal.com]

why didn't they go directly after the online shopping stores?

[hearttaek.livejournal.com]

Probs cause that's not where the money's at.

[luvey.livejournal.com]

since they lost, the money isn't in the portal sites either.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Because $$$$$

It's also why the case is flopping. it's like going after google for piracy.

[luvey.livejournal.com]

"its like going after google for piracy"

exactly.
it is a senseless lawsuit if they really wanted people to stop using their names.

[yakuniku-8.livejournal.com]

ok but what the Court's reason?

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

my guess would be that it's the stores that they should go after, not the sites hosting them, but that's harder to do because there's probably about a billion different stores making a tiny amount of money each and it wouldn't be economically viable to sue them

[she-devil666.livejournal.com]

yeah, they should have went after the stores themselves but it's about the money which they are not getting.

[adlyeith.livejournal.com]

Such a shame that they'll go after something so long as there's money in it for them, but they won't go after their own labels, most of which are treating them like slaves.