The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has issued an order today, demanding that SM Entertainment and the Korean Pop Culture and Arts Industry Coalition (KPCAIC) to stop interfering with JYJ’s activities. With regards to that, the JYJ members have expressed their thanks to FTC in the aftermath.
JYJ said through their agency, C-JES Entertainment, “We thank the FTC for their decision. We have been fighting arduously since 2009, and it felt like we were walking in a desert with no end in sight. But we felt that things have been changing for the better, and we have gained a lot of strength from it. With this order from FTC, we hope that we can perform on fair stages and go about our activities in a better environment. We also hope that this helps to open the doors for our juniors.”
JYJ also expressed, “After this ray of light, we will continue to march forward towards this light, and work even harder to repay everyone for their support all this while.”
Through investigations done by FTC, they found out that in the period when JYJ released their first album, SM Entertainment and KPCAIC had sent notices to 26 broadcasting companies and album distributors, asking them refrain from using JYJ members in their programs or from distributing their music. They claimed that the continued presence of JYJ would result in the decline of Korean culture and cause harm to the growing popularity of the Korean Wave. In the aftermath, JYJ found much difficulty in doing activities within South Korea and decided to move their focus to overseas, and this contributed to JYJ’s diminishing presence in their home country.
Source: Yahoo Omg Philippines
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