BELIFT LAB Announces ⌜Legal Action Status Regarding Infringement of Artist Rights⌟

Hello.
This is BELIFT LAB.

Our company is actively responding to all illegal activities targeting our artist ILLIT, including insults, spreading false information, personal attacks, and defamation. In addition to filing regular complaints against those who post malicious content and comments, we are also taking legal action on an irregular basis as needed depending on the severity of the case.

We have recently identified a sharp increase in malicious posts that cross the line, targeting ILLIT and individual artists. In particular, despite some members being minors, malicious criticism and defamation through anonymous communities continues. Our company will strengthen monitoring to protect artist rights and will take stricter action against malicious posts.

Posts that insult, defame, or slander artists, as well as defamation by stating false facts, are all criminal acts subject to criminal punishment without exception. We would like to inform you that even if such posts are deleted after a certain period of time to destroy evidence, our company collects relevant evidence in real-time through our monitoring system and uses it as evidence for legal action.

We would like to reiterate that our company is responding comprehensively to all malicious acts against artists regardless of the platform, including domestic and international portal sites, communities, and social media. We clearly state that we will respond with a ‘zero tolerance policy’ to all illegal acts that infringe on artist rights, without any settlement or leniency. Our company will do its best to ensure that criminal punishment is imposed on illegal offenders in accordance with relevant laws.

All tip-off materials sent by fans are a great help in taking legal action to protect artists. If you discover any illegal activities or cases of rights infringement related to artists in the future, please actively report them through the ‘HYBE Artist Rights Infringement Report Site (protect.hybecorp.com).’

We sincerely thank all GLLIT who have taken their precious time to submit reports. Our company will continue to do its best to protect artist rights, and we will provide updates on the progress of related legal actions as soon as possible.

Thank you.