Do Not, Under Any Circumstances, Bad Mouth Virtual K-Pop Stars on Social Media

Cape Demon hunter This summer has been dominated by streaming and box office, but the KPP defamatory hunters have landed a win in a different venue: South Korean court. South Korea’s Virtual Boy Band Playv, which is made up of five members who only come as an animation, successfully sued a person who made abusive comments about the group online.

According to the BBCUnknown Social Media Users created multiple abusive posts about the band about the band in July 2024. Among the attacks: He said that the people behind the virtual band could “be ugly in real life” and said they gave a “ordinary Korean man viben”. Some posts also included pornography, which does not seem offensive, but does not even do posts, so it is probably worth mentioning.

The person who created the posts tried to argue that the comments were conducted in the avatar that naDing their voices to the members of the virtual band and the real people did not give their voices. The court did not buy it and declared that the avatars represent the real, so the attacks extend to the people behind them outside the virtual front.

Vijay won the 500,000 South Korean Playv to the total band member per 100,000, which works more than $ 70 per pop. Not exactly luck for a group that is already there More than one million On YouTube, More than 500,000 units have been sold In the first week of their recent albums and performs concerts that attract thousands of fans. This is much less than the band. They were looking for a .5.5 million wine for each performer, which could work at about $ 4,650 per member and $ 23,250 per member. The band claims that comments have created sensitive pressure for this group.

According to the BBC, the band’s label is intended to apply for a loss given by the Vlast Court, arguing that it is very low for a case that determines the defamation against the virtual avatars. Although it seems that the verdict is the first example of defamation against virtual pop stars, it is not uncommon for the Korean Music Label to follow the allegations against internet trolls. Made several labels in the country Tries Who plays badmouth online. Virtual Band Trend, somewhat, however Considering a response Pop stars get the kind of attention and stress in Korea.