![[theqoo] HYBE’S COURT RULING FOR SAJAEGI AND ALBUM PUSHING](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzlbJRQas-oAUmgbCcr_iBaJrR54GCw35ZAw-CwwvFRuRAkovvsHfXSNnNF4VmoZPT0xSTWBXZkyDlAKOqsc_B8t4LxR-YntOZwjFC7kZvOchT1KgvyzeojKTMDKPBPf7T6KC2SnTij6ViS-JFSK7bY5u_9KmgVa1SxvZo2DW1kZr6f9WKrlsQgFqVFA_G=w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu "[theqoo] HYBE’S COURT RULING FOR SAJAEGI AND ALBUM PUSHING")
[…] In addition, at the time Defendant B withdrew the extorted money, Defendant A company, G Co., Ltd., was not in operation (the defendants admit that the office was closed because they could not pay the office rent), and the transaction with J was only past sajaegi marketing work. However, if a large sum of money continued to be transferred from K, the person in charge of sajaegi marketing on the J side, Defendant B, who had worked together on that task in the past, likely knew, even if only implicitly, that money was being extorted under the pretext of sajaegi marketing, even if Defendant A did not explicitly tell him. […]
“Attorney Noh Jong-eon of Law Firm Jonjae stated, “The ‘illegal marketing’ in this case refers to ‘(music) sajaegi marketing,’ and the court specified this in the verdict because it judged that such facts existed.”
Digital sajaegi is strictly defined as an illegal act. ‘Article 26 of the Music Industry Promotion Act’ defines digital sajaegi as when persons related to music or video industries engaged in production, import, or distribution unfairly purchase or cause related parties to unfairly purchase music products for the purpose of increasing sales. Violating this can result in imprisonment for up to 2 years or a fine of up to 20 million won.
Album pushing (Faking album sales)
The court admitted that there has been proposal of album pushing and actual acts of album pushing
Just in case, I’ve also included the history of return-condition transactions for reference, and listed the completed projects as well… As for the projects scheduled for returns…
These quantities are not included in the initial (first-week) figures, and are volumes added through BX as additional business due to inventory burden
CA Initial business 150,000; additional business with return condition 100,000; CB 250,000. Additional 100,000 returns completed, currently no stock.
CC: Initial business 160,000; additional business with return condition 70,000; CB 230,000. Return processing ongoing.
CD: Initial business 500,000; additional business with return condition 150,000; CB 650,000. Return processing ongoing.
CE: Initial business 250,000; additional business with return condition 200,000; CB 450,000. Return processing ongoing.
28) The defendant claims that sales with return conditions were partially carried out due to the discretionary judgment of a staff member, not as company policy […]
t/n:
Initial business = initial shipment sent from the distributors
Additional business with return condition = additional copies to be returned
CB = might be album sold (?)
“4) It is recognized that the act of inflating initial sales volumes to promote chart rankings harms fair distribution and deserves criticism.
3) Considering the circumstances discussed above, it appears to be a fact that V advised G to engage in album pushing, and the part stating ‘I understand it to be a common occurrence within Label D’ is considered an opinion regarding their own subjective perception.”
2) 1. The representative director of the defendant, V, appears to have recommended the pushing of G albums to F.
original post: here
1. BTS = HYBE = low-HYBE
2. You must be dumb to believe HYBE’s results
3. The moment there’s talk about sajaegi there’s always comments calling us ‘inferiority complex’, now we know where “they” come from ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
4. What ‘inferiority complex’? Nobody is envious of them. I can’t believe they think it’s actually inferiority complex
5. More like BTS’ digital results
6. Karma
7. Honestly, nobody believed their results
8. Famous for pretending to be famous
9. How do people even believe in BTS’ results when the court documents look like that?
10. The BTS fans still clenching their teeth and ignoring this post ㅎㅎ
11. HYBE, the sajaegi, famous for pretending to be famous’ results shouldn’t be trusted
12. They’re so shameless
13. That’s why they’re the demons of K-pop
14. Meanwhile, they’re the loudest for calling “karma” on everyone else ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
10.
“”Good music through honest methods”… BTS also criticized over sajaegi”