2023-07-07 14:52:00
Reporter Liu Wanxin / comprehensive report
Although the South Korean girl group FIFTY FIFTY returned to China from Europe and the United States relying on “Cupid”, they recently broke out in contract disputes with the brokerage company. At present, the public opinion is almost overwhelmingly supporting the company representatives, criticizing the members for being ungrateful to their parents, and being called “backbone boys” Labels, so far there is no sign of improvement. Unexpectedly, on the same day that the members proposed to terminate the contract, they suddenly applied for the registration of the group name in Korean and the Korean artist name trademark of the members.
▲ FIFTY FIFTY and the company’s brokerage contract disputes intensified. (Picture / flip from ATTRAKT official website)
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According to Korean media reports, the members of FIFTY FIFTY filed a contract termination lawsuit with the Seoul Central District Court on June 19. On the same day, it is suspected that the parents of the four members applied for the Korean name of the group and the Korean stage names of the members. As soon as the news came out, South Korean netizens questioned that they planned to leave the company from the very beginning. Regarding their private registration of trademarks, the brokerage company ATTRAKT responded that they did not know regarding it, but said that the Korean name is the same as the English trademark, so the trademark rights of FIFTY FIFTY and Korean “피프티피프티” still belong to the company. On the other hand, FIFTY FIFTY’s lawyer responded Said “unclear”.
What’s even more staggering is that the music producer An Chengri (the owner of The Givers), who was suspected of manipulating all this behind the scenes, bought the copyright of “Cupid” from the Swedish composer for US$9,000 (approximately NT$280,000). SIAHN” re-arranged the song and wrote the lyrics. Unexpectedly, he was found to have not marked the name of the Swedish composition team when registering the copyright of the song. Korean media explained that even if the copyright has been purchased, it is still necessary to indicate the names of the creator and purchaser.
▲An Chengri was caught tampering with copyright registration. (Picture / Recap from Korean.com)
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The representative of ATTRAKT Entertainment, Jun Hongjun, called An Chengil in April to inquire regarding the copyright mark of “Cupid”. In April, the composer of the song “Cupid” still only has the name of An Sung Il. After the exposure of An Sung Il’s behavior, most South Korean netizens firmly believed that he was the mastermind behind the instigation of FIFTY FIFTY members to break the contract.
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