They doubled down on the courtroom’s determination.
On September 27, BIGHIT MUSIC launched an official assertion outlining the strict authorized actions taken in opposition to malicious on-line customers and stalkers who infringed upon BTS’s creative and private rights.
The discover acknowledged that the corporate has initiated authorized proceedings in opposition to people who engaged in malicious on-line actions in opposition to BTS, together with defamation, sexual harassment, spreading false info, and hate feedback. It additionally talked about {that a} sure particular person who has been repeatedly posting violent and high-intensity abusive feedback throughout completely different websites would possibly face legal costs as BIGHIT has compiled all proof and filed a legal grievance in opposition to them.
Throughout this quarter, we filed a number of legal complaints with legislation enforcement companies primarily based on proof associated to acts infringing on the rights of the artists, together with defamation, submitted by our followers in addition to collected by means of our personal monitoring…Moreover, among the many defendants on this spherical of authorized actions, there was a person who repeatedly posted violent and offensive abusive feedback on portal website information sections. This particular person usually engaged in dozens of instances of high-intensity malicious commenting throughout numerous articles. We’ve compiled all verified feedback and filed legal complaints in opposition to the person.
— BIGHIT MUSIC
However what took followers aback much more was how BIGHIT has dealt with the difficulty of stalkers and sasaeng followers. Over the previous few months, issues relating to BTS’s privateness have plagued ARMYs with repeated violations.
RM’s privateness was reportedly invaded by a KORAIL worker who accessed his private info from the corporate’s database. His non-public go to to a temple was additionally allegedly leaked by the chief monk to the press, although they denied any accountability. Final yr, Jimin’s non-public paperwork have been stolen from his mailbox and unfold on-line. Jungkook needed to submit a warning on Weverse after somebody despatched a meals supply to his deal with. He additionally addressed the difficulty of stalkers throughout his livestream a number of instances.
Korail worker ‘A’ beneath fireplace after accessing RM’s private information MULTIPLE events UNAUTHORIZED.
‘A’ was in a position to acquire entry to RM’s prepare ticketing information, private information,(deal with, cell #, MORE) which ‘A’ accessed 18 instances WITHOUT consent since 2019.https://t.co/XVuSKOZncm
— rp⁷ | ʟᴀʏᴏ(ꪜ)ᴇʀ (@ysljks) March 1, 2023
🐰 I used to be about to go residence however there have been individuals exterior (the health club). It wasn’t an official schedule so… that is proper, I am drunk. That is why I am speaking about issues like this
— minnie 🐰💜 (@tteokminnie) March 3, 2023
The opposite members have additionally confronted such harassment, inflicting rising pressure amongst followers for his or her security and well-being. Nevertheless, BIGHIT MUSIC’s strict manner of dealing with the issue has provided them assurance. Within the latest discover, the label elaborated on how they dealt with people who “repeatedly despatched mails and packages to the artists’ residences, even inflicting hurt to the artists’ households.” They’ve filed legal complaints in opposition to them on costs of stalking (Act on Punishment of Crime of Stalking) and have been in a position to attain an interim restraining order because the prosecution investigated the fees.
Nevertheless, the ruling that was handed down within the second quarter of 2022 dismissed the case in opposition to a few of the defendants. BIGHIT filed objections and pushed for reinvestigation, and in the end, the suspects have been discovered responsible of private assaults and defamation in opposition to the BTS members. Consequently, they confronted authorized penalties.
Our firm is dedicated to ongoing efforts to get rid of unlawful actions in opposition to our artists, even when it takes time. We are going to proceed to stick to strict measures and our coverage of no settlement and no leniency to carry suspects accountable.
— BIGHIT MUSIC
ARMYs are praising BIGHIT MUSIC for going the additional mile to make sure the stalkers didn’t get away scot-free, particularly given the truth that stalking continues to be not seen as a critical crime by South Korean legislation. They hope that these strict actions will discourage individuals from repeating such behaviors.
I like that the courtroom mentioned “let it go” and bighit mentioned “no” 🫶 https://t.co/el1IynTpir pic.twitter.com/ibN3kPXayy
— Kourin⁷ (@AngKourin) September 27, 2023
Love how Bighit continues its no-settlement coverage by explaining {that a} choose tried to inform them they didn’t have a case in opposition to somebody final yr in the past and their solely response was “I believe we fucking do” and the courtroom ultimately needed to response was “oh wait, you’re proper.” https://t.co/PdLLfqGsBc pic.twitter.com/lNJMHIhkUF
— Sunnie with ᵘʷᵘ Power∞⁷ (@YaGurlSunshine) September 27, 2023
bighit each on occasion pic.twitter.com/dYtksaCPfN
— tay (tae)⁷ ³ᵈ (@kimgayism) September 27, 2023
That is so heartbreaking😔
In case you actually love them, you’ll unfollow acc that are repeatedly posting stalker pics and movies or disclose their whereabouts.In case you share any of them, I’ll report you to BigHit as a result of I am drained. pic.twitter.com/HbM2lRJCkC
— 🗝 to the Magic Shop⁷ (@KeyToMagicShop) September 27, 2023
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