”BTS” office reports on the progress of legal measures... ”The person who pretended to be a BTS member and leaked the sound source was sentenced to prison.”

BIG HIT MUSIC has revealed the progress of legal action regarding the Korean boy group BTS. BIG HIT
Through a position statement released on the 29th (today), MUSIC stated, ``We do not intend to take any action against BTS against defamation, insults, sexual harassment, spreading falsehoods, or malicious intent.
We regularly take legal action against creators of malicious posts such as slander, and in this case we have filed numerous complaints."
Continuing, ``About the person who pretended to be a member of BTS and leaked unreleased music, which I previously informed about.
The defendant, who was detained and indicted through additional criminal charges, expressed his apologies before sentencing, but we have made it clear that we have no intention of agreeing to the agreement.'' to
In addition, he was sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment." In addition, ``Posters who have created dozens of slanderous and malicious posts and those who have posted abusive language for the purpose of mocking will be subject to long-term punishment starting in 2022.
After an investigation, we were indicted on charges of defamation and insult, and the court found us guilty of these charges and sentenced us to a fine of up to several million won (approximately hundreds of thousands of yen)." Notice
We would like to inform you that in addition to the lawsuit, we will also file a civil suit and take strict action." While doing so, BIG HIT
MUSIC stated, ``In the future, we will continue to engage in activities such as falsifying members and collecting and leaking undisclosed information.
We will take strong legal action until the end for obvious criminal acts, even if it takes time." All members of BTS are currently enlisting in the military. BIG HIT
MUSIC stated, ``Monitoring and collection of malicious posts related to BTS members continues in real time,'' adding, ``We are seriously threatening the artists.''
We will collect all level of insults and mockery, malicious rumors, and false facts and include them in the complaint." It goes on to say that ``there has been malicious manipulation regarding the artist's military life.''
"We will respond resolutely to any defamatory posts that are spread based on the principle of zero tolerance, regardless of channels such as SNS, websites, and online communities."