As girl group Fifty Fifty fight over their exclusive contracts with their agency, past cases of conflicts between artists and companies are being brought up.
Members of the rookie girl group Fifty Fifty are fighting over exclusive contracts and copyrights with their agency Attrakt. A long legal battle is expected as both sides maintain different positions without resolving the conflict. Below is a summary of cases where celebrities had conflicts with their agencies like Fifty Fifty.
1. EXO Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen
EXO Baekhyun, Xiumin and Chen (hereinafter referred to as CBX) notified SM Entertainment of the termination of their exclusive contracts through the law firm Lin last June. According to CBX, the reason is that SM did not disclose the settlement data transparently and forced slave contracts. In response, SM Entertainment explained that the settlement data can be viewed at any time and that the contracts are transparent based on a standard exclusive contract. Fortunately, SM and CBX dramatically resolved the conflict through a mutual agreement.
2. Song Ji Hyo
Actress Song Ji Hyo claimed that she did not receive about 1 billion won in contract settlement money from her former agency Uzurocks through the law firm Namsan. Song Ji Hyo notified Uzurocks of the termination of the exclusive contract last April and said she did not receive about 984 million won in settlement money. Uzurocks said they would pay Song Ji Hyo the unpaid settlement on July 17th (US time). Song Ji Hyo’s original payment date was February 10th.
3. Chuu
Former LOONA member Chuu filed a lawsuit against the agency Blockberry Creative to terminate her exclusive contract. Chuu and the agency failed to narrow differences in opinions caused by different values. In the end, Blockberry Creative announced in November last year that they would expel Chuu from the group. Immediately, Chuu raised Blockberry Creative’s settlement issue. After that, 9 LOONA members, excluding Vivi and Hyunjin, filed injunctions to suspend the validity of their exclusive contracts.
4. Lee Seung Gi
In November last year, Lee Seung Gi revealed that he was not paid a penny for 137 songs during his 18 years of career. Lee Seung Gi sent a content certificate demanding his former agency Hook Entertainment provide him with details of his digital sales profits and pay him his music-related profits. He then notified Hook Entertainment of the termination of his exclusive contract. In the end, Hook Entertainment paid Lee Seung Gi about 5.4 billion won in music revenue.
5. C.A.P (Bang Min Soo)
C.A.P (real name Bang Min Soo), who debuted as a member of boy group Teen Top in 2010, showed his free aspect by smoking and swearing during a live broadcast on his YouTube channel last May. As fans continued to criticize, C.A.P made a shocking remark through a real-time broadcast, “I’m thinking of not making a comeback.” After C.A.P’s remark, the agency TOP Media announced the news of C.A.P’s official withdrawal from Teen Top, saying, “We deeply apologize for C.A.P’s reckless remarks and behaviors that caused concern to many people.“
Source: Wikitree
