Big Bang wins lawsuit for unauthorized use of their photos

Big Bang has been in a lawsuit against a Japanese publishing company for the unauthorized use of their photos. Fortunately, the Tokyo District Court announced that the lawsuit has been settled in Big Bang's favor.

On November 20th, 2010 Sankei Sports reported that Okra Publishing Company had to compensate 30,000,000 yen (about $383,000 USD) for the unauthorized use of Big Bang's photos. The case was filed after Okra published a magazine titled "The Latest Hallyu Star Special - Big Bang" and the photos they used were not authorized by YG Entertainment.

A lawyer representing Big Bang explained, "The publishing company admitted that they used the photos without prior consent or authorization. Also, the revenues they obtained from the magazine sales have been offset by the compensation they have to pay". An Okra representative responded, "We did not explicitly say that we came to a compromise."

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