CJeS Entertainment asserts that LOEN Entertainment is committing unjust tyranny and released a letter of plea.
On July 9th, CJeS Entertainment argues through a press release: “With
just six days left until the release of XIA (Junsu)’s second full album,
we received a unilateral notice from the distributor, LOEN
Entertainment, on the afternoon of July 8th.”
CJeS Entertainment states, “Following the decision of (LOEN’s) executive
team, the verbal contract that has been in the making for two months
has been rendered obsolete.” LOEN Entertainment states, “We will conduct
XIA (Junsu)’s online and offline distribution but we will not do any
promotional marketing outside of the distribution.” LOEN continues in
their notice, “This was the decision of our internal executive team so
we wish for your understanding. As for the XIA showcase for MelOn
customers, the live stream will not be available through LOENTV and
MelOn.”
On the actions of LOEN, CJeS comments, “We are unable to proceed with
other contracts with favorable terms. They have cornered us and used
their power unjustly on us.”
CJeS continued, “We can clearly say that we have constantly been faced
with invisible external pressures directed at JYJ and will not sign any
agreement even with the tyranny of the power distributor.
CJES revealed their stance, “The aforementioned has maliciously used
their advantageous position as a distribution business and unilaterally
annulled a business to business consultation. We will file a civil
complaint against LOEN with the Fair Trade Commission and
Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission. We will do everything in
our power to seek justice.”
CJES also emphasized, “If LOEN does not reaffirm the promise of
conducting a live stream of the showcase on MelOnTV by today, then
showcase will not be open to MelOn customers but will be managed by
CJeS. We plan to admit people by order of arrival and will broadcast a
live stream through the official CJeS channel. We wish to extend our
apologies to the fans for this regrettable news, and promise to do our
best to facilitate a smooth showcase and distribution.”
Below is CJeS Entertainment’s official announcement
Hello.
This is CJeS Entertainment.
For the release of XIA (Junsu)’s 2nd album on the 15th, we, CJeS
Entertainment (hereafter CJeS) have received a sudden unilateral and
unfair decision by the distribution company LOEN Entertainment
(hereafter LOEN) regarding the online and offline distribution of XIA’s
album. We would like to tell the following facts to the fans and the
public about this unlawful situation.
Since May, the company has been in business consultation with LOEN
regarding the release of XIA’s album and both parties have verbally
agreed on the distribution agreement.
We then met with officials more than 5 times and have exchanged at least
50 mails about the distribution of XIA’s 2nd album. In addition, 15
days ahead of the album release, CJeS and LOEN had finally decided to
proceed with the final decision for the following promotional and
marketing strategies (1. MelOn live TV event of the showcase for MelOn
customers. 2. MelOn special video part 3. Overall PR marketing for each
of the five major online music distribution sites)
However, yesterday evening, LOEN’s side gave a notice of unilateral
decision overturning the entire contents of what we have agreed so far.
LOEN said, “we will proceed with the online and offline distribution
for XIA, but decided to fully nullify other promotion and marketing
activities.”, it was stated. Also, LOEN said, “This is an internal
executive decision, please understand the situation. In case of the
Melon live TV event of the showcase, it is no longer possible.”
However, the showcase began at the suggestion of LOEN. LOEN has stated
both on emails and face to face meetings last June that, “CJeS
Entertainment and LOEN will do the showcase on MelOn since web and
mobile exposure can reap huge publicity for the album.” The showcase was
explained, we accepted the reason,, and the final decision to proceed
with the showcase c/o of LOEN instead of a major internet portal site.
On July 3rd, before the final press release about the showcase was
distributed to the media, we shared with LOEN the contents of the data,
and at that time, LOEN said, “It would be good if you mention about LOEN
TV and MelOn TV.” We accepted this and replied, then distributed the
press release to the media. However, LOEN officials decided that the TV
event of the showcase in MelOn is not possible, 6 days before the
showcase which is an obvious act of tyranny.
Also, LOEN’s statement that they will nullify all promotional marketing
strategies while distributing the album online and offline, which comes a
mere six days before the release date, is like saying that they will
gain the profits from XIA (Junsu)’s fans but will not take on the
responsibilities of the distributor of XIA (Junsu)’s second solo album.
For the last 2 months, LOEN have done business for album distribution of
XIA (Junsu) with the 2nd track of XIA (Junsu) album, 11 am, producing
and filming the special clip as well as the overseas distribution on
iTunes was also provided. This marketing was not in the agreement, but
it can be seen looking at the consultations between both sides
(contracts in progress), as both sides exchanged a lot of emails and
letters and phone communication, which can be regarded as evidence.
However, after a pre-release on July 2nd, the showcase that was agreed
upon through emails and meetings saw its banner disappearing without a
trace from (MelOn’s) web and mobile main pages. Even though XIA
(Junsu)’s music video teaser was revealed on July 8th, there was still
no trace of the banner. For artists who are using LOEN’s distribution
services at the same time as Junsu, We can easily find banners of those
artists on MelOn’s web and mobile pages. However, all of XIA (Junsu)’s
contents disappeared from MelOn’s main pages since July 4th.
Receiving the notice from LOEN last night, CJeS’ planning team felt that
the contents of LOEN’s promotional contents were being destroyed.
Additionally, giving us this notice with just six days left until the
release is like cornered us and using their power unjustly on us. We
strongly opposed their decision through an official document, but LOEN’s
reply was that nothing will be changed.
The aforementioned has maliciously used their advantageous position as a
distribution business and unilaterally annulled a business to business
consultation. We will file a civil complaint against LOEN with the Fair
Trade Commission and Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission. We
will do everything in our power to seek justice.”
Source: News Nate
Translated by: @rubypurple_fan and
@ohmyjunsu
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