JYP: Zero Tolerance for Malicious Content and Stalking, No Exceptions for Overseas Residents [Full Text]

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JYP Entertainment (hereinafter JYP) is responding with a zero-tolerance policy to illegal acts such as malicious posts and stalking targeting its artists.

On the 20th, JYP posted a notice titled "Guidance on Legal Measures to Protect Artists' Rights and Interests" on its official website.

Through this notice, JYP stated, "We are continuously monitoring various illegal acts targeting our artists and are taking severe legal action. Utilizing reports from fans, our own monitoring, and a specialized monitoring system for malicious content, we are collecting malicious content in real-time from major online community platforms, SNS, KakaoTalk open chats, Telegram, and other messengers both domestically and abroad. We are continuously taking strong legal measures, including criminal complaints and civil lawsuits, against the creation and distribution of such malicious content without any settlement or leniency."

It further announced, "We have filed criminal complaints and reports against those who wrote, created, or distributed malicious content targeting our artists through community platforms, messengers, SNS, or our ethics management reporting service. These individuals have undergone or are currently undergoing severe investigation by law enforcement authorities. For some, convictions have been finalized for violations of the Information and Communications Network Act or the Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, resulting in fines, along with concurrent orders to complete sexual violence treatment programs and restrictions on employment related to children and adolescents."

According to JYP, legal measures against malicious content posted on overseas online platforms or against perpetrators residing abroad are also being continued without exception. JYP stated, "Specifically, we are tracking the identities of malicious content creators to the end through court requests for evidence investigation and applications for discovery of evidence by foreign courts. For those whose identities have been identified, we are seeking liability for damages regardless of whether they are domestic or foreign."

It also stated, "Stalking acts that threaten the safety of our artists and seriously infringe upon their privacy are also targets of our firm response. We have already obtained court rulings granting temporary restraining orders against the perpetrators, and we have requested strict investigations into additional criminal suspicions arising during the stalking process through criminal complaints and reports. We also inform you that we are simultaneously pursuing civil claims for damages against the perpetrators. In particular, for stalking perpetrators residing abroad, we are actively utilizing the discovery of evidence system in foreign courts to take legal action, including seeking damages."

It further emphasized, "We are responding with a zero-tolerance policy without exception to illegal acts such as the writing, creation, and distribution of malicious content and stalking that exploit anonymity. In particular, all materials for which evidence has already been collected are being submitted as evidence to law enforcement authorities and courts both domestically and abroad, regardless of whether the posts are deleted, accounts are made private, IDs are changed, or members have withdrawn. We clearly state that we will continue to take severe legal action without exception against any acts that infringe upon the rights and interests of our artists."

◆ Full text of the JYP Entertainment notice below.

Hello, this is JYP Entertainment.

We are continuously monitoring various illegal acts targeting our artists and are taking severe legal action.

Utilizing reports from fans, our own monitoring, and a specialized monitoring system for malicious content, we are collecting malicious content in real-time from major online community platforms, SNS, and messengers such as KakaoTalk open chats and Telegram, both domestically and abroad, including Naver, Nate Pan, Daum Cafe, Theqoo, DC Inside, Ruliweb, M Forum Korea, MLB Park, Instiz, X (formerly Twitter), Bilibili, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook. We are continuously taking strong legal measures, including criminal complaints and civil lawsuits, against the creation and distribution of such malicious content without any settlement or leniency.

We have filed criminal complaints and reports against those who wrote, created, or distributed malicious content targeting our artists through community platforms, messengers, SNS, or our ethics management reporting service. These individuals have undergone or are currently undergoing severe investigation by law enforcement authorities. For some, convictions have been finalized for violations of the Information and Communications Network Act or the Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, resulting in fines, along with concurrent orders to complete sexual violence treatment programs and restrictions on employment related to children and adolescents.

Legal measures against malicious content posted on overseas online platforms or against perpetrators residing abroad are also being continued without exception. Specifically, we are tracking the identities of malicious content creators to the end through court requests for evidence investigation and applications for discovery of evidence by foreign courts. For those whose identities have been identified, we are seeking liability for damages regardless of whether they are domestic or foreign.

In particular, a U.S. court rejected the opposing party's objection based on "freedom of expression" in the discovery procedure we requested and ultimately issued an order for information disclosure. This clearly states that using overseas platforms as a workaround to infringe upon an artist's personality rights or justifying illegal acts by using freedom of expression as a shield is no longer legally permissible.

Stalking acts that threaten the safety of our artists and seriously infringe upon their privacy are also targets of our firm response. We have already obtained court rulings granting temporary restraining orders against the perpetrators, and we have requested strict investigations into additional criminal suspicions arising during the stalking process through criminal complaints and reports. We also inform you that we are simultaneously pursuing civil claims for damages against the perpetrators. In particular, for stalking perpetrators residing abroad, we are actively utilizing the discovery of evidence system in foreign courts to take legal action, including seeking damages.

As such, we are responding with a zero-tolerance policy without exception to illegal acts such as the writing, creation, and distribution of malicious content and stalking that exploit anonymity. In particular, all materials for which evidence has already been collected are being submitted as evidence to law enforcement authorities and courts both domestically and abroad, regardless of whether the posts are deleted, accounts are made private, IDs are changed, or members have withdrawn.

We clearly state that we will continue to take severe legal action without exception against any acts that infringe upon the rights and interests of our artists.

If you discover any illegal acts that infringe upon the rights and interests of artists, please actively report them via the Fan JYP email. We also kindly request your warm cooperation in creating a mature environment in which both artists and fans can feel proud.

We deeply appreciate the interest and love you have always shown to our artists at JYP Entertainment, and we will continue to take active measures to protect our artists in the future.

Thank you.

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