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Koo Hye-seon, Won Bin and Lee Min-ho join forces for 'Good Downloader Campaign'

Source | 2009/11/02 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Top starts such as Koo Hye-seon, Lee Min-ho, Im Soo-jeong and Won Bin team up to promote legal download. Following declaration ceremony of 'Good Downloader Campaign' held during Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), an event titled, 'Good Downloader Supporters Day', takes place with10 stars in support of the initiative proposed by the campaign at Myung-dong Avenuel, Lotte Cinema on Nov. 10.

Divided into 4 teams, under the leadership of actor Ahn Seong-gi, chairman of the Good Downloader Committee, a total of 10 leading directors and actors and actresses join the event. They include director Jang Jin of 'Good Morning President' and Koo Hye-seon of 'The Madonna', director Bong Joon-ho and actor Won Bin of 'Mother - 2009', director Park Chan-wook and actress IOm Soo-jeong of 'I`m a Cyborg, but That`s OK', and director Park Gwang-choon and actor Kim Soo-ro, Lee Min-ho and Park Bo-yeong of 'Our School ET'.

Especially, those star supporters charged no fee for their participation...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Son Ye-jin at a public event

Source | 2009/10/30 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Korean Film Intubater will be opened this 30th!

Here stars like Ahn Seong-gi, Son Ye-jin, and Son Eun-seo have attended to support this event.

This event will be to promote the project of creative films!...| More

[ChanMi's star news] Kang Hye-jeong and Tablo married!

Source | 2009/10/26 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Epic High's Tablo and actress Kang Hye-jeong have said their vows.

The two had their wedding for which many stars came to congratulate them!

The stars were director Park Chan-wook, Kim Seon-ah, Eom Ji-won, Ha Ji-won, Ahn Seong-gi, Ryoo Deok-hwan, Kong Hyo-jin, Im Ha-ryong, and more!

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High expectation on 'Good Downloader' campaign

Source | 2009/10/19 | 0 comments | Permalink |

Actor Ahn Seong-gi and Park Joong-hoon became co-chairman of 'Good Downloader' campaign committee. They teamed up with Korea's popular actors and actresses who promote the campaign against illegal download. 12 stars have already joined forces for the campaign without performance fee. They include Song Kang-ho, Jang Dong-gun, Jeong Woo-seong, Ha Ji-won, Kim Ha-neul, Um Jung-hwa and Sin Min-ah. They go every corner wearing a T-shirt saying 'I'm a Good Downloader'.

What is noticeable in this campaign is that it is not arm-twisting and negative movement arguing 'Let's crack down on illegal copying!' Rather, it is a positive one, encouraging legal download. This positive campaign began after realizing that existing tactics failed to change users' practices amid a situation where illegal download is increasing on the internet.

According to the Korean Film Council, 65.3% of the surveyed answered that it is illegal to download a movie free of charge in 2005, 56.6% in 2006, 4...| More

Busan Film Fest Highlights Anti-Piracy

Source | 2009/10/12 | 0 comments | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

BUSAN ― South Korea may be one of the largest film markets in the world, ranking within the top 10 list in terms of ticket sales revenue and audience size, and it has become commonplace for Hollywood blockbuster films to have their premieres or Asian junkets here. But the widespread circulation of pirated DVDs on the streets and movie files online is deeply hurting the industry.

During the 14th Pusan International Film Festival, ongoing in the seaside resort through Friday, the problem was highlighted by launching a star-studded campaign and an international forum.

A seminar last Friday brought together related experts from near and far to discuss copyright issues. According to the Korea Copyright Commission, damages from pirated films amount to about 1 trillion won each year.

Recently "Haeundae", a blockbuster about a tsunami that became one of the highest grossing films in Korean box office history, suffered from piracy overseas. The a...| More