Rain Wins Lawsuit Over Cancelled US Concerts

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

A South Korean court Thursday dismissed a lawsuit claiming almost four million dollars from singer and actor Rain, ruling he was not to blame for cancelled concerts during a troubled US tour.

Local entertainment group Wellmade STARM sued Rain and his agency JYP Entertainment in March last year for 4.57 billion won (3.95 million dollars) in damages.

The group, which financed Rain's US tour in 2006-2007, claimed he breached a contract with it by failing to perform 16 concerts.

Judge Bae Kwang-Kuk said in his ruling, quoted by Yonhap news agency, that poor preparations by US promoters led to Rain's aborted concerts.

The ruling came seven months after Rain settled a separate lawsuit over a cancelled concert in Honolulu in 2007.

A US court had ordered him and his agency to pay more than eight million dollars for breaching a contract with Hawaiian promoter Click Entertainment to perform the concert.

An agreement was reached last June to settle the case and avoid an appeal, Details were not disclosed.

Rain argued in the US case that the concert stage was not properly set up for him, and that he was unable to use his name in the United States because of a copyright challenge from a US Beatles tribute band also called Rain.

The 26-year-old singer, whose real name is Jung Ji-Hoon, is one of South Korea's biggest celebrities and has a big following across Asia.

Source: My Sinchew

Comments

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

Celebratory pijah party?

[finchburg.livejournal.com]

Gurl you read my mind. I was going to come in here with "party post?" comments.

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

We gonna do this up classy? Shall I set the table with our finest plastic cutlery?

[gunsandsmoke.livejournal.com]

mmm i want shrimp gold from mr. pijjah!!!!

[under-an-oak.livejournal.com]

It's raining, it's raining uh uh~ woot Rain bb lalalalalala *throws confetti over those slicked, toned abs...mmm...*

[musicsporty1.livejournal.com]

better yet, throw some water. XDDD

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[elementree.livejournal.com]

dear america,

you don't mess with the HBIC of the KPOP world... 'cause you'll lose.

sincerely,

me.

[forgedeternally.livejournal.com]

this, if only we could say this to the netizens of korea to stop messing with our k-pop groups.

[elementree.livejournal.com]

i think hell would have to freeze over and then thaw itself out for that to happen. D:

[hallerness.livejournal.com]

I think you misunderstood the article. The lawsuit was filed by a local (Korean) company. In his other case with the US (Hawaiian) promoter, the ruling was actually in favor of the promoter and Rain and his company had to pay more than 8 million dollars.

[elementree.livejournal.com]

well i said that because the judge ruled that the US promoters were at fault.

[hallerness.livejournal.com]

That's just the basis of the ruling. It does not mean that the US promoters lost as they are not even the plaintiff in the case - the Korean company is.

[elementree.livejournal.com]

i didn't say the US promoters lost. i just said that the judge ruled they were at fault in this case.

[hallerness.livejournal.com]

I'm just reacting to your original comment where you said "dear america... 'cause you'll lose". The only "america" I see in the article is the US promoters. So naturally, I thought you meant that they lost the case. But if you say that it's not what you meant, then ok, I won't argue further.

[very86.livejournal.com]

THIS! xD

[cutelostalice.livejournal.com]

yayyy!

[rainysakura.livejournal.com]

OMFG IM FCKING HAPPY FOR HIM! Yay! Congratulations!

[ghost-whisper.livejournal.com]

nice to see the legal system isn't always full of idiots supporting just the corporations. *cough*hint*cough*

[generalreku.livejournal.com]

Look the 2PM brought you shame snacks too. On behalf of JYPE. :D

[hallerness.livejournal.com]

You mean the local (Korean) company, right?

[generalreku.livejournal.com]

Nope. From other articles I read, it just seem like the US promoters were waiting for him to fall on his face with Wellmade. :/

[hallerness.livejournal.com]

Oh. If that's what you meant by that, then ok. I thought you confused Wellmade STARM as a US promoter.

[generalreku.livejournal.com]

To be honest, I thought he was going to lose too. But it felt like they were waiting dogs. D:

[nimbles.livejournal.com]

i'm so happy for him :)

[shopaholism.livejournal.com]

Hm. I was kind of expecting a different conclusion to this case. Oh well, good for Rain.

[hallerness.livejournal.com]

Me too. If I'm not mistaken, this case has practically the same grounds as with that of the Hawaiian promoters'. Same legal charges, different jurisdiction, different verdict.

[sballet06.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'm reading this wrong
From what I see he doesn't have to pay the Korean backers(Wellmade StarM) but he ended up settling with the US(Hawaiian)promoters

So why are people saying the US promoters lost? Yeah the Korean judge said they were poor planners but that doesn't affect the settlement.
*is confused

[neitoperhonen.livejournal.com]

No, he settled just the separate case over the Honolulu concert. It was different case with the rest of the concerts. Also the promoter is different, Click vs. Wellmade starm. I'd assume the Honolulu deal was much smaller amount of money

[sballet06.livejournal.com]

So the rest of the US concerts(besides Honolulu) were backed by Wellmade StarM which is a Korean company
He doesn't have to pay them.
So again I'm not getting why people are saying US promoter in your face?

Thank you for responding though :)

[neitoperhonen.livejournal.com]

Because US promoters suck. It has happened to many bands from my country too that because their US promoter messed it up, they had to cancel the concert tours which made the fans angry.

[hallerness.livejournal.com]

You read it right. I think those who thought Rain won against the US promoters only read the bolded sentences. And yes, those are 2 separate cases.

LOL, I'm in this post a little too much.

[sballet06.livejournal.com]

Thank You
I was sitting here like why am I only the only one who seems to actually get what the article is saying

I was starting to doubt my own reading comprehension LOL

[tabi.livejournal.com]

Fuck yeah, Rain. :D

[tamirisns.livejournal.com]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

[angelonair.livejournal.com]

Go Rain, Go Rain, it's raining~

[graymary.livejournal.com]

raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnn

[des-akazim.livejournal.com]

YEEUUHUHUHHHh

[pivotandsway.livejournal.com]

his US tour was such a mess. I will never forgive Rain: the Beatles Experience. NEVER

[slayerizedcarol.livejournal.com]

holy shit does that mean he's coming back to the US?! omg i'm so ready.

ooooooh i always wanted to watch that Rain band xD

[tropical-utopia.livejournal.com]

dude if he does come back to U.S. I am so buying me some tickets....not gonna miss my chance to see him in concert.

[kuchiutsushi.livejournal.com]

Woo!

I remember this so well, man. I couldn't go anyway because I had a dance recital, but ALL of my friends who were into Kpop were going. But then it got canceled and...well, I had nothing to be jealous of anymore. >__>

And I remember the days they had events to win tickets at Pacific Mall. I found out from a classmate I bumped into at one of those about Kyuhyun's car accident. o_o 2007, man.

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

We are pleased.....

[faerydragonet.livejournal.com]

It's raining man, hallelujah it's raining man.

[unrefin3d.livejournal.com]

I can dig it.