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The dolphin gang, an advertisement production company that produced the music video for the girl group New Jeans, will pay 1 billion won to New Jeans' agency Adore.
According to News 1 on the 13th, the Seoul Central District Court's Civil Agreement Department 62 (Chief Judge Lee Hyun-seok) ruled that "the dolphin gang should pay 1 billion won and delayed interest to Audor" in a compensation lawsuit filed by Audor against director Shin Woo-seok and the dolphin gang. However, the claim for damages against the individual head coach Shin Woo-seok of the Dolgorak gang was dismissed.
The dispute began in August last year when the dolphin gang posted a director's cut video of Newzins' "ETA" music video on a YouTube channel. When Odor demanded that the video be deleted, director Shin confronted by deleting the Newzins-related video posted on another informal fandom channel, "Ban Hee-soo Channel."
"We only requested the suspension of publication of the 'ETA' director's cut video, but we did not request the deletion or suspension of all images related to Newzins, such as the anti-heavy channel," Adore said. Director Shin is spreading false information," he countered.
In response, director Shin sued, saying that the door of Audor's position damaged his reputation. Audor filed a compensation suit on the basis of video ownership.
During the trial, Min Hee-jin, former CEO of Airdo, appeared as a witness and took the side of the dolphin gang, saying, "We verbally agreed to post the music video director version of ETA."
Meanwhile, Newzins announced the termination of the contract in November 2024 due to Adore's non-compliance. After a legal battle, the court ruled in favor of Adore in an exclusive contract validation lawsuit filed by Adore against Newgens in October last year. Of the five members, Haerin, Hyein, and Hani returned to Audor, while Minji continues discussions with Audor to return. Daniel was kicked out of the door.
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