Seoul, Korea – According to the Japanese media, hallryu star Bae Yong Joon (38) has won in a lawsuit that he filed against a Japanese publishing company over portrait rights.

Bae Yong Joon filed a lawsuit against Okura Publishing for using his picture without his permission on the July 2008 issue of their monthly magazine ‘It’s Koreal’ and the Tokyo courts awarded him damages of 4.4 million yes (61 million won).

Digital Adventure, who take care of his production rights, called it a “fair judgment” adding “we will continue to pursue those who violate these portrait rights”.

Bae Yong Joon also filed a lawsuit in Korea against a travel company for using his image from the drama Winter Sonata in their homepage, and in September, was awarded 30 million won in damages by the Seoul Central Courts.


By JTN Press (press@jtn.co.kr)

Source: JTN (Original article in Korean)
Photo from JTN DB
Translated by Timothy Nam / Korea.com

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