Former ADOR CEO Min Hee Jin appeared as a witness in the third hearing of the 1.1 billion KRW ($751,000) civil lawsuit filed by ADOR against the production company Dolphiners Films and director Shin Woo Seok. The case is being reviewed at the Seoul Central District Court.
Min Hee Jin took the stand at the request of Shin Woo Seok’s camp and addressed key issues surrounding the dispute. One focal point was the posting of a director’s cut of the music video “ETA” on the Dolphiners Films YouTube channel. Min testified that while the posting had been discussed verbally, she alone held “the right to confirm” such releases: “I was the CEO and producer at the time, so asking Apple [the label owner] about it would have been absurd.”
When questioned about ADOR’s claim that uploading the director’s cut on another channel reduced the company’s YouTube earnings and caused damages, Min responded bluntly: “It’s a stupid and ridiculous claim. Regardless of which channel it was posted on, the audio-streaming revenue goes to ADOR, so I don’t understand what damage they’re talking about.”
Moreover, Min called ADOR’s own decision to pursue litigation “nothing but an abuse of law,” adding, “In the entertainment world, verbal agreements are the norm. So why are HYBE and ADOR holding this one producer to a different standard?”
She also addressed allegations that Dolphiners Films funneled work to meet its contractually mandated 18 billion KRW ($12.3 million) operating-profit quota with Kakao Entertainment: “Director Shin regularly produced four to five videos for roughly the budget of one. That claim is fabricated and defamatory.”
The lawsuit centers on allegations by ADOR that Dolphiners Films and Shin Woo Seok breached contract and committed wrongdoing by uploading content, distributing work in a certain way, and otherwise failing to fulfill agreed obligations.
>> Min Hee Jin’s Lawsuit Against HYBE Executives Dismissed Again: Police Find Company’s Audit ‘Lawful’
Source (1)
