Yang Jin-woo (양진우)

Stars Win Suit Over Unauthorized Photos

2007/11/15 | Source | Permalink |

Six stars of the Korean Wave including Jeon Ji-hyeon, a heroine in the hit movie "My Sassy Girl", and actor Jeong Woo-seong, who appeared in the movie "The Restless", were paid compensation from a movie magazine that used their photographs without permission.

In March, seven top Korean stars including actor Jo In-seong and their agency filed a suit against Screen M&B, publisher of the monthly movie magazine Screen, demanding W50 million (US$1=W914) for each star for using the stars' photos commercially without permission.

Seoul Central District Court ruled on Wednesday that the publisher must pay from W5 million to W15 million to each star for infringing their publicity rights.

The court ordered the publisher to pay W15 million to Jeon Ji-hyeon, Jeong Woo-seong, Jo In-seong and Ji Jin-hee, W10 million to Cha Tae-hyeon and W5 million to Yang Jin-woo. The figures were based on the stars' average earnings from advertisements.

The agency and stars filed the suit in June 2006 af...| More

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