PLEDIS Leisure has shared an replace concerning authorized motion to guard SEVENTEEN’s rights.
On March 30, PLEDIS Leisure shared the next discover on authorized proceedings in opposition to violation of artist rights:
Good day.
That is PLEDIS Leisure.
We keep a coverage of standard and agency authorized motion in opposition to numerous malicious posts focusing on SEVENTEEN, together with the unfold of false info, insults, and defamation. Beneath is an replace on our progress as of the primary quarter of 2026.
1. Progress of Main Circumstances Presently Underway (Defamation, Malicious Worldwide Accounts, and so on.)
– Case of Defamation by way of False Statements: The case has been transferred from the prosecution to the courtroom. We’re actively cooperating, together with by submitting extra opinions, to make sure that strict authorized sanctions are imposed on the defendant.
– Monitoring worldwide malicious accounts (X, Google, and so on.): Following the U.S. courtroom’s determination to grant a subpoena, we now have obtained the id info of the malicious accounts from X. These accounts have been constantly posting false info and defamatory posts concerning the artists for a number of years. Primarily based on the knowledge obtained, we now have utilized for reality verification with related home authorities and are continuing with authorized procedures to extra precisely establish the accounts primarily based on the knowledge secured.
– Unauthorized Info Leaks: Primarily based on precedents the place fines had been imposed for the leak of confidential info, we’ll additional strengthen inside info safety to forestall the prevalence of the identical unlawful acts.
Because of the nature of authorized procedures, the above circumstances require appreciable time, however we wish to as soon as once more emphasize that we are going to maintain these accountable absolutely accountable with none settlement or leniency till the circumstances are concluded.
2. Authorized Motion In opposition to Authors of Repeated/Organized Malicious Posts
We’re amassing in real-time cases of posts mocking, disparaging, sexually harassing, and containing malicious distortion of details about artists occurring on main home and worldwide communities, music websites, and short-form video platforms, and we’re recurrently submitting felony complaints. Particularly, we now have accomplished the gathering of proof concerning acts of repeatedly creating and deleting posts to evade punishment, in addition to acts of systematically creating posts to slander particular members. Accordingly, we plan to proceed with authorized motion in opposition to the authors of those posts.
3. Discover Relating to the Arrest of Skilled Ticket Scalpers
We’ve got lengthy cooperated with the investigation into skilled ticket scalpers who’ve been acquiring tickets by means of illicit means and reselling them for hundreds of thousands of gained, making exorbitant earnings. Consequently, as just lately reported within the media, a bunch of scalpers who used macro packages to amass giant portions of tickets after which resold them at excessive costs, producing roughly 7 billion gained in illicit earnings, had been apprehended by the police. In relation to this case, we now have been carefully cooperating with the investigative authorities, collaborating in on-site crackdowns and monitoring, and constantly submitting related knowledge and written opinions. We’ll proceed to reply strongly to the organized and repeated unlawful actions {of professional} ticket scalpers.
4. Pointers for Submitting Fan Reviews and Safety of Artists Serving within the Navy
The invaluable studies that followers submit by means of the “HYBE Artist Rights Violation Report Web site (https://defend.hybecorp.com)” are getting used as key sources for shielding our artists. To make sure that studies can be utilized as proof, we advocate submitting a full PC display screen seize or a PDF file that clearly exhibits the URL, submit content material, username, posting date, and seize date. Moreover, groundless defamation and hypothesis concerning private info of artists at present fulfilling their navy service faithfully may cause critical hurt to the artist personally and negatively influence their service surroundings. We’re monitoring such forms of posts with further care and taking quick authorized motion with out settlement.
We’re at all times grateful for the love and dedication proven by followers of SEVENTEEN. Even when it takes a while, we’ll proceed to work to make sure that the rights of our artists are absolutely protected.
Thanks.