
Eyelet New Jeans' alleged plagiarism statement is 'an expression of subjective opinion'
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Min Hee-jin, former CEO of Adore, raised suspicions of Aylet's plagiarism from New Genes and Source Music's neglect of trainees through a press conference in April 2024.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Ji-su = Belif Lab, a label under Hive, lost a lawsuit for damages filed against former Adore CEO Min Hee-jin.
The court ruled that former CEO Min's statement that Belif Lab's girl group Aylit plagiarized Adore's New Jeans amounted to an expression of subjective opinion.
On the 13th, Seoul Western District Court's Civil Agreement Division 12 (Chief Judge Kim Jin-young) ruled that the plaintiff lost the 2 billion won damages claim lawsuit filed by Belif Lab against former CEO Min Hee-jin.
The court did not accept Belif Lab's argument, believing that former CEO Min's statement to the effect that 'Aillet copied New Genes in areas such as hair, makeup, and choreography' was an expression of subjective opinion rather than a record of facts.
In addition, even if this statement was viewed as factual, it was considered to be within the permitted range of freedom of expression considering social interest, etc.
The court also dismissed a counterclaim worth 5 billion won filed by former CEO Min against Belif Lab. The legal costs were to be borne by the entity that filed each lawsuit.
Former CEO Min raised suspicions that the girl group Aillet copied New Jeans through a press conference in April 2024.
Belif Lab filed a lawsuit claiming that former CEO Min's remarks were false and defamatory.
Meanwhile, Source Music also lost a lawsuit worth 500 million won in damages filed by Source Music, claiming that former CEO Min Hee-jin's claims regarding New Genes' debut were false.
Former CEO Min also claimed that Source Music neglected the New Genes members when they were trainees.
Some of the New Jeans members are former Source Music trainees.
The court judged that this statement was also difficult to view as revealing false facts.
He added, "Even if this statement lowered Source Music's social evaluation, it is for the public interest and is not illegal."
Former CEO Min Hee-jeon, who raised the 'suspicion of plagiarism', was sued separately from this civil suit and handed over to the Public Prosecution Office on charges of obstruction of business and defamation last October.
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