News Jaeguchi makes a response to profiting off copyrighted music. (1 Viewer)

[AnotherKpopTrash]

@Darth_Ozy notified me that Jaeguchi made a response to the accusations. However, it seems to only confirm the accusations. He admits "We had received an invitation to join a network that have BOUGHT copyrighted music." Bought not own. The network who bought the music is clearly TheChopraWell and Viewster who claims many of his videos.

Buying music is legal for distribution if you use it in your own unique production. Much like how movie production companies can buy licenses for songs use them in their movies and claim copyrights are movie clips with those songs. Except in this case, the movies are lyrics videos. The media company can claim to have ownership of the visual portion of lyric videos are their own content and combined with the licenses they bought, can have full ownership of lyric video copyright claims as far as youtube is concerned. Lyric videos are clearly not unique productions, so the fact that "bought" music is being redistributed as lyric videos really isn't ethical, even if they legal side is unclear.

In the end, it's clear that lyric videos should not be making money, and the fact that he joined a "network" that offered him money, a network that is not owned or run by a Kpop Company, means he's clearly at fault too.

Lastly, he posted proof that Bighit claimed at least one of his songs. As if a single video being claimed by the right owners absolves him of anything, which is laughable.

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

Also this is a poignant comment

 

[Darkseid]

Sadly it seems most of his subscribers still can't seem to grasp the situation lol. Although they're calling out his crappy translations.

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

Sadly it seems most of his subscribers still can't seem to grasp the situation lol. Although they're calling out his crappy translations.

Yeah most are probably too young to understand the specifics,

 

[Darkseid]

Yeah most are probably too young to understand the specifics,

Hmm at this stage, idk what consequences there could be, unless Korean companies start claiming copyright and taking down his videos.
I hope we still have honest color coded channels coz that's the only way we get the B-sides.

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

Hmm at this stage, idk what consequences there could be, unless Korean companies start claiming copyright and taking down his videos.
I hope we still have honest color coded channels coz that's the only way we get the B-sides.

It's not really clear the legality so who knows. I don't know if the Kpop companies have the authority to even take them down since the media company bought the music. The scandal itself will have some effect, and if that company is buying music, I suspect Kpop companies may not sell to them anymore.

 

[eclipsoul]

i found this video, i haven't watched it entirely yet but apparently this whole statement is a lie

 

[Darkseid]

i found this video, i haven't watched it entirely yet but apparently this whole statement is a lie

Jaeguchi also getting dragged in the comments of his own post lmao
Also now that Army’s are pissed at him, RIP

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

i found this video, i haven't watched it entirely yet but apparently this whole statement is a lie

He pretty much already admitted guilt by saying he got money by joining a network in that statement. And also he never said the accusations were not true, he only said unjustified. Pretty much he already cooked, although the last paragraph had lies for sure. Overall, the statement offered no explanations or arguments that he is even innocent.

 

[blueberries]

I have no issue of them profitting though as they are still including their own work. Im not sure if i grasp whole situation, are they talking of ownership of their own videos or the music in general?

 

[AnotherKpopTrash]

I have no issue of them profitting though as they are still including their own work. Im not sure if i grasp whole situation, are they talking of ownership of their own videos or the music in general?

Well, under normal conditions their own work would not be considered monetizable. Because a lyric video is doesn't really add any original work to the music, that you can justify making money off.

That's why he has to use a "network" basically a third party media company to claim the copyright and share the ad revenue. In this case, the creators of the music get nothing.

 

[yeji]

this is such a mess