Big Bang has an unfair contract?
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Entertainment companies, including YG Entertainment, were ordered to correct their unfair contracts after a government inspection by the Korean Fair Trade Commission (FTC).
FTC announced on the 20th that 198 contracts between an entertainer and their company were corrected after their inspection on 20 entertainment companies. The inspection was carried out from April to May of this year.
For example, YG deleted the clause that reads "After the day that the contract between the company and the entertainer ends, the company is relieved from the duty to pay royalties from recorded materials to the entertainer and all proceeds from said materials belong to the company," meaning that YG's entertainers can now receive royalties from the songs they made with YG even after they leave the company. YG also changed the clause that reads "Entertainer must receive permission of the company in order to travel outside of Korea" to "Entertainer must inform of their out-of-country travel plans to the company beforehand to not cause any disruptions in management planning process," meaning that YG's entertainers like Big Bang and 2NE1 now may travel outside of the country without YG's permissions.
Entertainers are now given the right to retire at will as well. "Entertainer may not cease performance or retire during the life of the contract without permission of the company" was changed to "If entertainer seeks to cease performance or retire during the life of the contract, the company and the entertainer may discuss the topic." "Entertainer must use their talent and skills in accordance with the company's decisions" was changed to "Entertainer must perform by fully employing their talent and skill, and the company must aid the entertainer with appropriate opportunities," giving entertainers a bit more legal freedom with their decision making.
Overall, clauses that overly invade an entertainer's privacy, invade an entertainer's right to be a part of the decision making process for their career and performances, and clauses that force entertainers to perform for the company's promotional activities without compensation and without consent of the entertainer were corrected.
This is a step towards a better environment for Korean entertainers, but this is just a small step. Merely 20 entertainment companies were inspected and corrected, as 320 companies under Korean Entertainment Producers Association were not a part of this inspection. FTC acknowledges the fact that unfair contracts are common in the entertainment industry and plans on directing the association in inspecting and correcting its members. It may be hard to imagine SM giving freedom to its entertainers, especially after the whole Kangin fiasco, but one day SNSD will be free to travel to Canada, to hang out with me without having to receive SM's approval. One day.
Source: allkpop
I changed the pic, the one akp has is with 2NE1.
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 07:10 am (UTC)2. um "Entertainer must perform by fully employing their talent and skill, and the company must aid the entertainer with appropriate opportunities," this doesnt MAKE it better, it just makes it SOUND better.
3. I wonder if like Big Bang, or SNSD, or 2ne1 even READ the contract given to them. I mean come on it WILL say somewhere 13 years of slavery, just READ the damn thing.
I'd actually want to land my hand on one of those contracts (preferably tvxq's) and just READ it. Long and tedious but worth it to know what they got themselves into.no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 07:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:11 am (UTC)Seriously, a few years ago, wasn't YG the only company to pass the unfair contract test? Money really does ruin everything. It seems like when YG hit it big in the world of idol-dom with Big Bang and subsequently 2NE1 they want to throw the nice REAL family atmosphere they had before (look at Jinusean and 1TYM, who stayed with YG because they WANT to--because of how reasonable terms were back then--not out of contract) went out the window and they started taking leaves from SM's book.
I miss old YG, circa 2002 or something.
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:39 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:12 am (UTC)IT'S A START
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Date: 2009-10-20 08:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:14 am (UTC)The only dramatic improvement is the removal of the royalties clause.
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:17 am (UTC)This is good news though, bb's deserve better.
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 07:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 07:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:22 am (UTC)HE HAS THE KEY TO MY HOUSE YA'KNOW.
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Date: 2009-10-20 03:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 07:24 am (UTC)That royalties part was ridiculous wow.
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:27 am (UTC)can we not. just like, no. please. D:
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:30 am (UTC)BUT THEN AGAIN THAT'S JUST ME BEING A SELFISH VIP <3
i'm glad that they have more freedom now. (8
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:30 am (UTC)and ugh, so many things in the korean music industry need a complete overhaul. This is a small step in the right direction.
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:33 am (UTC)Define 'fully' and 'appropriate'. Up to what extent? Is it when they pass out? When they turn so gaunt they look like effin' ghosts? When they form depressed clubs among themselves?
Goodness... These are so vague that loopholes can't even be considered loopholes anymore. I'm not criticizing YG Ent. I'm simply saying that this whole thing just seems like a front to make it look that they're doing something. Aish Korea, I C WHUT U DID THAR...
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:35 am (UTC)Didn't know Big Bang and YGE had such unfair conditions in their contract.
it's good that they were corrected/changed by now though.
Maybe now Big Bang can come to California o^_^o (a girl can dream. -sighs-)
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Date: 2009-10-20 08:45 am (UTC)hopefully they can make it in 2010! :D
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:40 am (UTC)---> was that why SM was upset with Jaesuchun's cosmetic business?
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:43 am (UTC)But still good for Big Bang. The royalties part was particularly ridiculous.
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:43 am (UTC)I don't get Korea sometimes. I wish their laws worked across the board :/
Their clauses are horrible. The revision is really hardly any better (except for the royalties clause), but at least its a start, and it shows that they are willing to compromise. I guess.
Oh SM. Le sigh.
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 07:45 am (UTC)but why does GD look so tall in that photo?
*stabs allkpop commentary*
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Date: 2009-10-20 09:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2009-10-20 07:53 am (UTC)Jeeeeez... I'm guessing SM was not part of that "inspection." Honestly, why is SM able to get away with all the sh*t they do to their artists?
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Date: 2009-10-20 10:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 08:28 am (UTC)And I'm not surprised at allkpop's SNSD comments in the end. :/
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Date: 2009-10-20 08:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-20 08:43 am (UTC)I hope SM takes the hint :)