Regarding The Defense Of It’s Artists’ Rights, SM Entertainment Delivers A Strong Warning

Regarding the defense of its artists’ rights, SM Entertainment delivers a strong warning

The following statement, titled “Request Regarding Activities Infringing on the Rights of Artists,” was made public by SM Entertainment on February 8 KST through the official SNS accounts of each musician on the label.

According to the label,

“This is SM Entertainment. Hello.
We would want to formally request information about any actions that violate the rights of the artists on our label.
In collaboration with Shin & Kim LLC, SM Entertainment will take vigorous legal action against any and all instances of criminal acts committed against our artists, including but not limited to malicious slander, invasion of privacy, sexual harassment, fabrication and dissemination of false rumors, and more. This will be done with the help of the invaluable reports that fans have provided through ‘KWANGYA 119’ and the company’s monitoring system. Please exercise caution so that you do not associate yourself with deplorable crimes because SM Entertainment will not hesitate to launch both civil and criminal lawsuits against offenders with no leniency in order to protect our artists from such acts.
Additionally, we would like to take this occasion to express our gratitude to fans for giving up their valuable time to report cases to the company. We also pledge to keep up our best efforts to defend the rights of the artists on our label.
I’m grateful.
Artists like BoA, TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, NCT, WayV, aespa, RIIZE, and others are represented by SM Entertainment.