You know it’s lean times in the HYBE/ADOR mess when it’s about the stuff in this post, but hey, updates are updates, right? ====== Following the plagiarism allegations against NewJeans’ …
Read More »Wise Music Group claims NewJeans’ “Bubble Gum” infringes on Shakatak’s “Easier Said Than Done”, ADOR denies
In news that’s annoying but also funny as hell given the context, ADOR has released a statement denying plagiarism after Wise Music Group sent an official Letter Of Claim last …
Read More »Source Music reportedly sues ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin for defamation and 500 million won in damages
It has really been a rather blessed month-plus without major news on the HYBE/ADOR front, and I really thank them for that. However, today it’s another lawsuit to be added …
Read More »Where things stand in the HYBE, ADOR, Min Hee Jin conflict
A big thanks to everybody involved in the HYBE/ADOR conflict for giving us a break from daily walls of texts, thus giving me the chance to catch up on other …
Read More »BELIFT LAB drops 27-minute video addressing plagiarism claims against ILLIT, seem to drag the whole industry into the mess
It seemed like things were settling down on the HYBE/ADOR dispute front, at least to the point where I’d be able to catchup on everything else and recap the current …
Read More »NewJeans & aespa collab’d at SME & HYBE, Karina gave Minji a spy task to perform, and people are heated
When the Bang Si Hyuk messages about crushing aespa were dramatically revealed, it mostly just made obvious to every reasonable person what goes on in K-pop: competition. So reasonable people …
Read More »HYBE applies to restrict access to trial records from Min Hee Jin injunction + a brief rant on bias
In a bit of minor news for the HYBE/ADOR conflict, it was reported that HYBE applied for a restriction on trial records access for their injunction case with Min Hee …
Read More »Court ruling on the Min Hee Jin/HYBE injunction lawsuit revealed, HYBE must pay legal costs
Following getting reports on the results of Min Hee Jin’s injunction lawsuit and subsequent details in reports, now the whole court ruling on the injunction has been revealed. ====== HYBE/ADOR …
Read More »Court ruled Min Hee Jin’s plagiarism concern was ‘legitimate’, dismisses HYBE’s stylist fees & trade secrets allegations + HYBE rejects compromise talk
The fallout from Min Hee Jin’s injunction lawsuit win and second press conference continues as the HYBE/ADOR conflict rages on. This time we head back to the injunction ruling from …
Read More »‘Music Bank’ interaction between NewJeans & LE SSERAFIM’s Eunchae makes I-netizens very upset for some reason
Netizens everywhere are scrutinizing the moves of everybody associated with the HYBE/ADOR mess, leading to honestly rather insane conspiracy theories on the Korean side of things about groups like LE …
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