Content developer Dugiverse strongly criticized the agency for pointing out that the agency, Attract, tried to extort Fifty Fifty members.
On the 5th, Dugiverse's side stated their position, "Currently, Attract is covering the public's eyes with distorted facts rather than essential elements. Please, many people reading this article will make a wiser decision."
Dugiverse said, “It is very regrettable that a person who prides himself as a ‘veteran producer with 30 years of experience’ cannot even distinguish between neighboring rights and copyrights.” It is the right of a person who has made a certain contribution, and is protected in accordance with the authorship, and usually refers to the rights of the record producer in relation to music. It is the contiguous right that is the right of the record producer. Dugiverse does not have any right to the contiguous right."
Dugiverse said, "'Copyright' is the right of the person who created the copyrighted work, and in relation to music, it refers to the rights of lyricists, composers, arrangers, etc. Regarding this, Dugiverse went through legal procedures and discussed with the writers. It is the right to hold after paying the price by signing a right transfer contract.” "This process took place before the release of 'Cupid', and in the process of global promotion, which will be used in many ways, such as editing lyrics and composition, mixing in multiple versions, and collaboration with other artists, there is a need for procedural approval, etc. In order to simplify the long process, it was implemented through a legitimate process through Dugiverse Publisher." At the same time, he said, "It is clearly a right acquired in the course of the company's work, and the publisher Dugiverse owns the shares of overseas authors other than the share of Ahn Seong-il, who actually participated in the work."
Dugiverse said, "The contract and specific information cannot be disclosed to protect the personal information of each party, but in securing the right, we have a separate invoice that is not the price claimed by Attract, and 'Music Production Fee' is stated in the invoice for the music fee, and 'Music Intellectual Property Rights Fee' is stated in the transfer fee invoice paid by Dugiverse." revealed "Therefore, the claim that Dougiverse purchased the copyright for the song fees paid by Attract is a clear false fact that cannot be established. Under that logic, Attract holds the copyright for all songs through the payment of song fees for past albums. I want to ask if you are doing it backwards. It is true that Dugiverse pre-purchased the song without any problems on behalf of Attract, which was difficult to secure the song due to lack of production costs at the time, and it is true that Attract's funds were secured and returned. I have no choice but to express profound displeasure and deep regret for the false allegations that I did not make.” In addition, "According to the confidentiality clause between the author and the Dugiverse publisher, the contract and specific details cannot be disclosed, but the facts explained so far will be clearly clarified by the investigative agency and the court and the results will be announced, but they will not change from our claims. won't," he said.
Dugiverse said, "Currently, Attract is partially disclosing only some data that fits their claim, omitting the context and context. Nevertheless, the reason we have not made a concrete refutation about Attract until now is due to legal procedures. It is because we do not want to cause a quarrel outside, and we do not want to have any influence on the legal dispute between Attract and the artist, not the party.” He said, "I hope you will stop the act of continuing secondary harm with false claims and edited data. I will tell you again after I prove it."
The agency, Attract, pointed out Seong-il Ahn, the CEO of Dugibus, an outsourcing service company, as the culprit behind the attempted extortion of Fifty Fifty members. On June 26, Attract pointed out the relevance of the incident and said that it had sent a proof of content to Warner Music Korea, which Warner Music Korea denied on the same day, saying it was groundless.
On the 4th, Attract released a recorded file containing the conversation between Attract CEO Jeon Hong-joon and Warner Music Korea's managing director. At the same time, Attract insists, "CEO Ahn Seong-il arbitrarily proceeded with the buyout of Fifty Fifty without the approval of his agency, Attract CEO Jeon Hong-joon." .
◆ Below is the full text of Dugibus admission
Continuing from the statement released on July 3, we will inform the Attract officials and reporters.
Please stop the actions that confuse the media and the public with untrue content, maliciously edited information and speculative articles.
Currently, Attract is covering the public's eyes with distorted facts rather than essential elements. I hope many of you reading this will make a wiser decision.
It is very unfortunate that a person who prides himself as a “30-year veteran producer” cannot even differentiate between neighboring rights and copyrights.
'Neighboring Rights' is the right of a person who has made a certain contribution to increasing the value of a copyrighted work under the Copyright Act, and is protected in accordance with the copyright holder. In other words, after paying the 9,000 dollars (approximately 12 million won in Korean currency) that Attract is claiming, it is the right of the record producer to retain it. Dugibus does not have any rights in the adjacent rights.
'Copyright' is the right of the person who created the copyrighted work, and in relation to music, it refers to the rights of lyricists, composers, and arrangers. Regarding this, after discussing with the artists through due process, Dugiverse signed a rights transfer contract, paid the price, and retained the right.
This process took place before the release of Cupid, and it simplifies the lengthy process of procedural approval in the course of a global promotion that will be used in many ways, such as editing lyrics and compositions, mixing in multiple versions, and collaborating with other artists. In order to do so, it was implemented through a legitimate process through Dugiverse Publisher. It is clearly a right acquired in the course of the company's business, and the publisher Dugiverse owns the shares of overseas authors other than the share of Ahn Seong-il, who participated in the actual work.
The contract and specific information cannot be disclosed to protect the personal information of each party, but in securing the right, we have a separate invoice that is not the song fee claimed by Attract, and the song fee invoice owned by Attract It is stated as “Music Production Fee” and the transfer fee invoice paid by Dugiverse is stated as “Music Intellectual Property Rights Fee”. This is clearly different, and the data will be released in court.
Therefore, the assertion that Dugiverse purchased the copyright for the music fee paid by Attract is clearly false and cannot be established. If that's the logic, I'd like to ask the question in reverse if Attract holds the copyright for all the songs through the payment of song fees for past albums. It is true that Dugiverse pre-purchased the song without any problems on behalf of Attract, which was difficult to secure due to lack of production costs at the time, and it was returned after Attract's funds were secured. I have no choice but to express great displeasure and deep regret for such false claims that are not based on facts.
According to the confidentiality clause between the author and the Dugiverse publisher, the contract and specific details cannot be disclosed, but the facts explained so far will be clearly clarified in the investigative agency and court, and the results will be announced, but will not change from our claim. no see.
Currently, Attract is partially disclosing only some of the data that fits their claim, omitting context and context. Nevertheless, the reason we haven't made a specific objection to Attract so far is because we don't want to cause a dispute outside of the legal process, and we don't want to have any influence on the legal dispute between Attract and the artist.
I hope you will stop the act of continuing the 2nd persecution with false claims and edited data about this. This statement is the last warning from Dugiverse, and we will tell you again after faithfully proving the facts in accordance with legal procedures.
Reporter Kim Ji-won, Ten Asia bella@tenasia.co.kr