MOGEF look out, SM and Cube aren't the only ones angry

[yunho.livejournal.com]

Hundreds, if not thousands, of songs are being banned by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family lately, and while bigger labels like SM Entertainment and Cube Entertainment can afford to fight for their songs, smaller indie labels are facing a more difficult time.

As such, the indie scene has decided to band together to file a lawsuit against the MOGEF as one body. The idea was first suggested by law firm Jipyong, which SM Entertainment used to win their lawsuit for SM the Ballad earlier this week.

On August 29th, a representative of Seokyo Music Labels Association (an organization for indie labels) revealed, “Musicians who have had their songs banned by the MOGEF are currently discussing the possibility of a class action suit.”

In reality, the indie and hip hop scene have been fighting a losing battle against the MOGEF long before the mainstream market was being impacted. While idol groups headline within hours of their songs being banned, indie groups have had to sit on the back burner with virtually no help or support.

Should this class action suit win, hundreds of songs are expected to be back on the market. At the forefront of the suit are indie bands 10cm and Vodka Rain, who recently had their songs “Americano” and “Night Time Restaurant” banned by the MOGEF.

Credit: AKP
Source + Photos: E-Daily via Naver

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Comments

[yoghurts.livejournal.com]

I hope the indie scene wins. :/

What in the world is so harmful in a song like 'Americano'?

[deeinanutshell.livejournal.com]

Good because their banning is ridiculous and unreasonable half the time.

[deeinanutshell.livejournal.com]

[theycallmeriz.livejournal.com]

+1 :')

[count-on-me-jay.livejournal.com]

puaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahha "Ministry of Magic"

[shikinluv.livejournal.com]

Who the fuck even gave the government power to ban any artistic content.

[vulgarchic.livejournal.com]

the best of luck to them, i hope they win the lawsuit.

[atiqah-erlina.livejournal.com]

oh god, that gif killed me! XDDD

[yolleh.livejournal.com]

Ministry of magic, I hope you had yo' fun because

(http://media.photobucket.com/image/you in danger/kismeteve/11w5w8w.gif?o=15)


I hope they get what they deserve tbh.

[uglypricetag.livejournal.com]

i wish jongkook's face was shopped on that gif.

thanks to running man, i can no longer associate sparta with 300 anymore.

[seobyo.livejournal.com]

aha same here.

[lola-9.livejournal.com]

Finally somebody has taken action against the ministry of magic.
Should've been done long ago.
I think kpop should join into this lawsuit, so that the ministry of magic will never ban anything again.

[raiha-kasep.livejournal.com]

i feel bad for block b - freeze,,
its banned after being fixed twice,,
U.U
thx god the other member could take it wisely n joke bout it,,

[sayuai.livejournal.com]

Good...These bans are getting more and more ridiculous.
I hope they win. Do they even have a chance though??

[ashiva.livejournal.com]

I won't ever understand why governments ban songs as it's the bad parenting that screws up kids not some songs. Also lack of censorship doesn't mean that songs will suddenly become full of curse words - My country (Finland) doesn't censor songs, and still curse words in Finnish songs are much less common than for instance in American songs, probably because putting in curse words isn't a mark of rebellion here, but just make you seem like a lazy song writer unlike in US which has whole non-explicit and explicit version policy.

[kimiko1387.livejournal.com]

For me, a lot of the times the non-explicit version seems more clever because they have to come up with subtle ways to express the same idea...I usually enjoy it for that.

Also governments ban songs because voting parents let them. Because it just seems easier to keep their kids from listening to it by official means rather than parents simply saying "you're not grown enough to do the same thing X does and says in his song get real and sit down".

[death-folder.livejournal.com]

10cm !!!!!!!!!

MOGEF digs their own graves tbh, good for the indie musicians to act against it :/

[askbask.livejournal.com]

Changes announced today by the stasi ministry http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/08/117_93736.html

[dearmisterdarcy.livejournal.com]

Good on them.

Also nice 300 gif OP, it's like I'm in 2007 all over again.

[x3sarang.livejournal.com]

Wow wait wtf they banned Americano? SMH I hope they win this.

[lil-rach-angel.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'll definately be keeping an eye out for more articles on this. Could be a game changer, depending on how this plays out.

[lysblack.livejournal.com]

all the companies should sue together imo, get a point across, stop with this stupidity.

i hate this banning bullshit, any banning bullshit, makes me think so much about the dictatorship days in brazil were even musicians were sent to exile .

[glittermeout.livejournal.com]

banning is actually a surefire way to get kids to want to download that artist's songs/watch those banned videos even more
they're probably circulating pirated versions amongst their friends as we speak

[sora501.livejournal.com]

i wish Brand New Stardom do the same thing