Can you be sued for defaming virtual K-pop stars? South Korea court says yes

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• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I can’t speak to Korean law, but this seems like a real stupid take. Actors are different from their characters. You can’t damage a character because they aren’t real.

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  • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In a lot of places you can be sued for defaming a company brand, though. This seems similar to that.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You can be sued for defamation regardless of the target, as long as you damaged their reputation with false statements. It’s a lot easier to prove damages against a company than a regular person though.

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  • krebssteven@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is in line with korean anti-harassment laws. Seems draconian to us but is entirely consistent with what koreans have been living with for over a decade now.

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• HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They look stupid, this is just corpo music for Koreans no wonder the courts protected them.

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• Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So if they are voiced by AI or silent, we can defamate their picture as much as we want?

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  • cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    For now, for now.

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• PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fuck kpoop.

  Shut the fuck up

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  • lemmyknow@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Average Uncultured American (they fail to appreciate other cultures):

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    • gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      K-pop is just as bad as most countries’ soulless corporate pop music, including from the US.

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• logicbomb@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In July 2024, the defendant targeted Plave in a series of posts - some containing profanity. Among them were comments that the people behind the avatars “could be ugly in real life” and gave off a “typical Korean man vibe”, Korea Times reported.

  Unless the guy said much worse things that weren’t reported, it seems like South Korean defamation laws are draconian.

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  • nuggie_ss@lemmings.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    He’s getting in the way of these people making money, so I can see useful idiots chomping at the bit to punish him.

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• nuggie_ss@lemmings.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Anything that gets in the way of scumbags making money.

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• Aatube@kbin.melroy.org ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I agree that the comments in question seem like nothing to count as defamation, but actual defamation of virtual bands should count as defamation IMO. They're as fictional as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorillaz is.

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• whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Darth Vader sucks egg salad through a hose to eat

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  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    K-poop sounds like darth Vader sucking shit-salad through a garden hose

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• Lembot_0004@discuss.online ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Rename S.Korea to Nintendonia. They deserve that.

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• TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  anyone know what the claim is to even count as defamation?. That to me seems like what should be the crux.

  IE if the claim was “X’s voice clearly shows he’s dying of cancer.” I could see that as defamation. On the other hand “X is summoning demons” that clearly would be fan-fiction.

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