【Literal translation】 BTS, management office "BigHit" announces statement. Policy on treatment concerning malicious comments etc.

Later, direct literature of Official position.



● Information on legal actions relating to infringement of artists' rights



Hello. It's Big Hit Entertainment.

We will inform you about malicious slander about malicious code, malicious comment, spread of false facts, articles of human trafficking, policy of legal response to libelous articles.



We have been actively cooperating in the past 2016 with respect to malicious slandering and comment about BTS being distributed on the Online and SNS by active cooperation of the fans, dissemination of false facts, articles against personal attacks and defamation We made a corresponding response.



For those who posted indiscriminate and malicious remarks of our company artists, "contempt" (Article 311 of the Penal Code) and "defamation of false fact facts" (promotion of information communication network use and information protection, etc. Under Article 70 paragraph 2 of the law), the complaint has been accepted, the criminal disposition has been completed with little or no agreement, and several investigations are in progress.



I will emphasize continuing monitoring and data collection in the future to violate the moral rights of our artists and to take strong legal actions against malicious and habitually stolen illegal net users.



We also inform you that these legal responses are carried out through our legal team and specialized law firms in charge of their work and that there is no fact that we have delegated authority to individuals by any route.



I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all the fans who always love BTS and thank you for all the fans who gathered, if there are cases where fans were collected, based on the following matters Legal correspondence of big hits Official mail provides information Please.



Big hit entertainment will continue to do its best to protect the interests of the artists in the future and will inform you of progress on a continuous basis.



Thank you very much.