[TRANS] 110206 Penalty of Breach of Contract for Tohoshinki is Over 10 Billion Yen

[TRANS] 110206
Penalty of Breach of Contract for Tohoshinki is Over 10 Billion Yen

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The
pioneer group of the K-pop boom in Japan Tohoshinki who went through a
breakup turmoil recently appeared at a music event at Tokyo's Yoyogi
Stadium after one year and one month of silence. The group resumed their
activities with two members Yunho (24) and Changmin (22) and received
the unchanging warm welcome from their Japanese fans. Their new song
"Why?" also acquired the top spot on Oricon Daily Chart on the day of
its release.



However, in October 2009, in the midst of their breakup
turmoil, Seoul District Court disclosed a "temporary measure" decision
whose content was shocking.

"All rights and privileges that the
group get from TV programme and stage performance as well as public
activities in and outside of Korea belong to the production company."

"All
copyrights including the copyrights for lyrics, music, arrangement;
reproducing right, duplicating right, recording right, distributing
right, broadcasting right, performing right, karaoke distributing right,
and the right to produce secondary products are all transferred to the
company."

An official who knows a lot about Japan & Korea's
entertainment industry explained:

"In Japan, artists are paid a
part of their singing right, and copyrights of lyrics, music and
arrangement. At that time, among the 5 members, each other them were
paid 0.4-1% of their profits. Moreover, if they were not able to sell
more than 500,000 copies, then there would be no guarantee for their
pay."

There was also a penalty. If there was a violation in the
contract, then they will be required to pay a total amount of 3 times of
the investment to be made on them plus 2 times the profits during the
rest 6 years of the remaining contract as compensation. "The penalty for
breach of contract is more than 10 billion yen ($121 million)," said
the official.

During the breakup turmoil, Jaejoong (24), Yoochun
(24) and Junsu (24) performed their activities in Korea and other
countries under the name "JYJ" while still being in a conflict with
their former agency.

Recently, Junsu made a comment about his
former agency on Twitter, "I thought that the 5 of us thought of
him/them as our enemy… but you don't seem to see him/them as your
enemy," expressing his feelings of distance with the other 2 members.

The
support of the fans are also complicated. There are fans who say, "I
want to see the 5 of them once again," and there are also fans who
severely criticizing the 3 members calling them "ungrateful". The style
of Korean entertainment industry is to invest largely in their idols,
bind them with long-term contracts, and carefully train the newbies. It
is probably hard for Japanese to understand this style, but with that
force, the Korean wave is currently sweeping over Asia.

T/N: The
source is a source affiliated with Sanspo, one of the biggest newspapers
in Japan.

Source: Zakzak
Translation: linhkawaii @
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old
stuff i know, but this article came out today and i wonder why it took
that long for japanese media to comment on this.
and this news is
actually all over korean news now.