Lee So-ra, dispute with former agency... Neighboring rights of 45 songs including ‘The Wind Blows’ seized

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Seon-woo = Singer Lee So-ra took legal action against the head of her former agency over copyright related rights.

Lee So-ra's agency Marehim announced on the 10th, "Last February, we applied for a seizure order for the neighboring copyrights of 45 songs, including 'The Wind Blows', against the former agency representative, and the court upheld this request."

Neighboring rights are rights that performers, such as singers and performers, and record producers have in the process of performing music or producing music records. It is different from copyright given to composers and lyricists who create music.

However, the seizure order is a measure to limit the arbitrary disposition of the rights, and does not mean that the ownership of neighboring rights has been transferred to Lee So-ra or that the final rights attribution relationship has been confirmed.

Marehim explained, "It was a former agency that we had been with for a long time, but after comprehensively considering various circumstances, we decided that it would no longer be possible to maintain a trusting relationship. We are ending the relationship with the former agency and proceeding with the necessary legal procedures to protect the artist's legitimate rights and musical assets."

Lee So-ra debuted as a member of the vocal group Strangers in 1993, then turned solo in 1995 and released hit songs such as 'I'm Happy', 'Marriage Proposal', 'Blue in You', 'Please', and 'The Wind Blows'.