YG not planning to take legal action against 2NE1
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YG owns the 2NE1 name and discography. They (CL, Dara, Minzy and Bom) technically can't make any money or benefit off of it. YG owns the trademark. They can't perform it or put it in an album.
We can all sing together, but we need YG 's permission to use 2NE1 to run a paid-for business such as performances.
What you said up here is not quite right - they can perform 2ne1's songs at a festival or concert (while paying performance royalties ofc), they just can't perform under the header 2ne1. All those survival shows that cover idol idols, or when celebs sing covers on tv/radio or at their concerts - they don't need explicit permission from the original agencies. BI should be able to perform Love Scenario on any stage - he would just need to pay the performance or broadcasting fee (usually a nominal sum).
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I think it's a contractual issue that's not just limited to YG
like I remember Taylor had that huge issue with Scotter Braun (or whatever his name was) and her masters...
what's in the contract is between the artist and the company itself - whether one can perform/re-release/who the IP belongs to we will never know...
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Music copyright law varies by country. But, usually, if you pay performing royalties to a performing rights organization you can perform the song of any artist. What happened in Taylor Swift's case was actually a reinterpretation of her contract that prohibited her from rerecording her songs.
What's happening here isn't music copyright infringement, but registered trademark infringement. Those are different.
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Of course YGE can't, under the current Korean law, 2Ne1 has all rights to the name and Intellectual Properties
Re: Got7
QuoteAccording to the standard exclusive bill concerning pop culture artists released by the Fair Trade Commission, GOT7 will be allowed to reunite under their group name even after leaving JYP Entertainment. In Article 8 (Trademark Rights, etc.), JYP Entertainment has the right to register and use intellectual property concerning GOT7 during their contract period, such a using their names, photos, portraits, handwriting, real names, stage names, and nicknames.
However, once the members of GOT7 leaves the company, JYP Entertainment is required to turn over all intellectual property concerning the group, such as their group name, songs, photos, portraits, even the fanfom name, and more, to the group.
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It's not automatic, though. They have to sue YGE to get it back.
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these entertainment companies are so shitty for keeping the trademark rights to themselves
Most these companies do the trademark as soon as the group debuts, in a way it also protects the group while they are active from plagiarism.
Meanwhile Cube, Source and BBC did not trademark B2ST, Gfriend and Chu from the beginning to protect the artist, but they did the trademark after the artist parting way with them or started having legal trouble.
That's a whole other level of fuckery
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Like what JYPE had with Got7, the Trademark is invalid as soon as Got7 left
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Also this whole thing divides to right to contents and right to performance.
Most group and artists do have the right to performance, it's the right to content that is rare to get from their labels. That's one point even western artists are struggling with.
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Like what JYPE had with Got7, the Trademark is invalid as soon as Got7 left
External Content twitter.comContent embedded from external sources will not be displayed without your consent.Through the activation of external content, you agree that personal data may be transferred to third party platforms. We have provided more information on this in our privacy policy.So it expires 2024 but GOT7 is coming back now.
They either made a deal with JYP or JYP is nicer than other companies somewhat
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Looking at a counter example
all members of B2ST left cube, but bc cube trademarked their name, they had to release their content under a new name highlight.
Also Source music trademarked gfriend as they were firing all of them to stop them from releasing content under Gfriend name.
If company loses the trademark as soon as the members leave, those two instances would not have happened.
They might have the right to performance, but I think the right to content stays with whoever has the trademark.
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Looking at a counter example
all members of B2ST left cube, but bc cube trademarked their name, they had to release their content under a new name highlight.
Also Source music trademarked gfriend as they were firing all of them to stop them from releasing content under Gfriend name.
If company loses the trademark as soon as the members leave, those two instances would not have happened.
They might have the right to performance, but I think the right to content stays with whoever has the trademark.
So based from Got7's experience.
B2st probably couldn't claim the same due to the Law possibly being changed after that.
SoMu has no claim either, it's basically fans that are misinformed about the law or basically the same thing that Aghase's were saying about JYPE
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Psy is a different case than almost every YG artist and the same as Epik High; as the main songwriter, he owns his own copyright. He probably also trademarked his pseudonym a decade before he signed with YG, as his original company was a small hip-hop label that didn’t have idols and he got his business acumen from his daddy.
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So based from Got7's experience.
no you can't
the GOT7 trademark belongs to JYP, so the only way their members can promote under it without having the trademark is because they must have sign a contract with JYP who autorize them to use the trademark
but if JYP wants to sell products with the GOT7 names on it tomorrow they can do it, because the trademark still belongs to them until 2024
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