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Fans outraged over ‘Hot Topic’ selling K-pop music, Wednesday January 12, 2011 Korea |
 Jan 11 2011, 10:07 PM
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Credit: allkpop
 Fans outraged over ‘Hot Topic’ selling K-pop music International K-pop fans have been in an uproar over the alleged ‘unauthorized’ sales of various K-pop albums through the American retail chain, ‘Hot Topic‘. ‘Hot Topic’ is an American clothing chain that specializes in ‘punk rock’, ‘hipster’, and ‘geek chic’ fashion. Though the store’s main focus is on novelty clothing and accessories, they also vend ‘licensed music’ in the form of either CDs or individual downloadable tracks. Recently, however, the legitimacy of their music department’s practices and products has come under fire, as K-pop fans have discovered that the retail chain is selling music that may not be entirely authentic. The site boasts albums from ‘SHIN LEE‘ [sic], Big Bang, and 2NE1, just to name a few. From these artists, Hot Topic advertises that they’re selling a ‘2NE1 Acapella’ album, the ‘Big Bang 2010 Big Show’ album, and a ‘SHIN HEE Lucifer Tribute’ album.  Of course, there is no ‘2NE1 Acapella’ album, and Big Bang’s ‘BIG SHOW 2010 BIGBANG LIVE CONCERT’ doesn’t have that cover. The ‘Label’ information for both the 2NE1 and Big Bang albums also point out a glaring disparity, since the label has been listed as ‘2NE1′ and ‘Robert Blackwell’, instead of ‘YG Entertainment‘. Hot Topic also has K-Pop compilation albums available for purchase, which features mixes from ‘Baek Ji Young‘ (pictured as Lee Hyori), ‘SHIN HEE’ (pictured as TVXQ), and ‘Rainbow‘ (pictured as ‘SNSD‘).   What’s interesting to note here is that the ‘Label’ information is incorrect once again, and on top of it all, the covers used for these albums appear to be fan-made wallpapers, which were then matched inaccurately. Due to such striking errors, international K-pop fans have become concerned about the overall legitimacy of these items. Did they pay for the rights to the music, and if so, how much of those proceeds did the K-pop artists and their agencies receive from the sales? --------------------    *REUPLOADED* [TW-Drama] Hi My Sweetheart - 海派甜心 (2009)|[TW-Drama] Endless Love - 愛∞無限 (2010)|[K-Movie] Pain (2011)|[K-Movie] White: The Melody of the Curse (2011)|[K-Movie] The Cyrano Agency (2010)|[K-Movie] The Cat (2011) *NEW* [TW] Love, Now - 真愛趁現在 (2012) starring George Hu & Annie Chen|[TW] Miss Rose - 螺絲小姐要出嫁 (2012) starring Megan Lai & Roy Chiu|[TW] Once Upon A Love - 原來愛.就是甜蜜 (2012) starring Cheryl Yang & Sunny Wang|[TW] Love in the Wind - 你是春風我是雨 (2012) starring Jian Man Shu & Figaro Ceng|[TW] Absolute Boyfriend - 絕對達令 (2012) starring Goo Hye Sun & Jiro Wang|[TW] Fondant Garden - 翻糖花園 (2012) starring Park Jung Min of SS501|[TW] Love Forward - 向前走向愛走 (2012) starring Amber Kuo & Tammy Chen|[TW] Skip Beat! - 華麗的挑戰 (2011) starring Siwon, Donghae, and Ivy Chen|[TW] In Time With You - 我可能不會愛你 (2011) starring Ariel Lin|[TW] Love Recipe - 料理情人夢 (2011) starring Kenji Wu|[TW] Boy and Girl - 男女生了沒 (2011) starring Genie Chuo & Michael Zhang|[TW] I, My Brother - 我和我的兄弟~恩 (2011) starring Gui Gui [Completed Shows] ₪ PM me for problems with the links. ₪ Donate to keep AEU alive!₪China, Taiwan, Korea & Japan's Entertainment News₪AEU's Next Top Idol 2009 (album)₪AEU's Next Top Idol 2010 (album) |
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