BTS vs "Time series" of French famous photographer Bernard Faucon's "plagiarism controversy".
● Information from Mr.Faucon's colleague beginning in 2018
● In August 2018, Mr. Faucon sent the first "contents certification" post to BTS management office BIGHIT. "Ask for agreement and apology against plagiarism"
● Letter in September 2018, BIGHIT 2nd "Contents Proof". Contents are nearly identical
● At the end of September, BIGHIT replies "Plagiarism is not approved because it is not similar," "For parts that were pointed out, it is a common idea and not legally protected"
● In October, Mr.Faucon said "I want them to admit inspiration, tribute etc."
● Faucon's Individual exhibition at Seoul, Korea, January 10th - February 24th, 2019
● On February 25th, the Korean press reported coverage of "plagiarism". Mr. Faucon said, "I am pleased that I like BTS and are inspired by my work, not thought to take legal action, but it is open to the fact that they received artistic inspiration I urge you to acknowledge it and mention it. "
● In April, Faucon will open the Faucon Art Museum in China and plan to enter Korea. "If I can not talk to the BTS side, I'm thinking of putting content parodied on BTS in my movie that will be shown at the Faucon Museum in Qingdao, China." " I want to open a press conference in Korea, this April"
2019/02/25 17:30 KST
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