ADOR Wins Second Trial Against Dolphiners Films Over "Unauthorized Release of NewJeans Music Video"; KRW 1 Billion in Damages
"Even with Min Heejin's verbal consent, it was a breach of contract"
The agency of girl group NewJeans has also won its damages lawsuit against an advertising production company in the second-instance trial, over the unauthorized release of a music video.
A Seoul High Court civil panel composed of Presiding Judge Kang Seonghun and Judges Song Hyejeong and Kim Daehyun ruled partly in favor of ADOR, as the lower court did, in its damages suit against Dolphiners Films and its CEO, director Shin Wooseok. The court ordered Dolphiners Films to pay ADOR KRW 1 billion in damages.
The court said, "Even if [Dolphiners Films] obtained verbal consent from Min Heejin, who was then ADOR's CEO, adding footage unilaterally without the company's prior approval and posting the video without removing the Apple logo, a production partner, ultimately breached its contractual obligations to ADOR."
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ADOR filed the lawsuit in September 2024, accusing director Shin, who produced NewJeans' "ETA" music video, of "releasing the video without authorization or consultation" after he uploaded a director's cut to Dolphiners Films' own YouTube channel.
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