One news item making noise in Korea that has been seemingly glossed over by Western K-pop publications recently is that a bunch of Korean media outlets are preparing to go after allkpop on grounds of copyright infringement.
The title of one of the articles reporting on this is ‘allkpop & Ailee controversy, allkpop facing lawsuit for habitual copyright infringement‘.
It reads:
“The true nature of the so-called Hallyu information site allkpop has been revealed. allkpop caused shock after riding a wave of popularity for uploading nude photos of Ailee. The majority of media outlets connected with this company have decided to charge allkpop for habitual copyright infringement. Under the pretense of being an English site dedicated to K-pop, allkpop.com has published entertainment articles and photos from Korean media outlets without permission, thus infringing on the Korean media outlets’ copyrighted material on a habitual basis.
allkpop, who jumped on the bandwagon of the Hallyu as it started becoming global, has translated and published entertainment articles written by Korean media outlets without permission. Despite all of this, Korean media companies haven’t taken any special measures against allkpop because the company is located in the United States, as they have been able to skillfully evade the Korean copyright laws. .... "
Credits: asianjunkie
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