Digital Sajaegi case Cube and FNC joins Big 3 + SE + Updated with Cube's CEO Hong Seung Song statement

[Jeffrey Jung]

As four local large entertainment companies, SM, YG, JYP and Star Empire drew their knifes out against ‘Digital Manipulation’, Cube Entertainment as well as FNC agreed to such actions.

Cube Entertainment spoke on the 7th, “‘Digital Manipulation has poisoned the entertainment industry. We will fight against this problem together with SM, YG, JYP and Star Empire†and, “We hope that by doing so, we will be able to restore the order of the entertainment market.â€

Housing popular artists such as BEAST, 4minute, BTOB and more, Cube Entertainment is an entertainment agency that has been rising to prominence.  The participation of Cube Entertainment further gives a deeper meaning to the issue.

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Trans：loveindacube.wordpress.com

Source: Asia Kyungjae

 

 

Cube's CEO Statement :

 

 

[T] @Hongcube
Reading at the article today,
3 years ago, I've been mentioning about Digital Sajaegi in the distributors' recommendation system.
I insisted many times that this is a problem that will obviously corrode the entertainment industry.
The recommendation system will cause much inconsistencies in broadcast charting programs through its interrelations.
And because of this, I said that we have to abolish it, illegal manipulators of downloads
will eventually destroy the order of the entertainment industry.
I had been saying this many times to associate members from the industry during seminars and many more.

But at that time, they did not feel anything unusual about it.
The entertainment market is what we producers have to take care of by ourselves, but rather than the overall market, were they thinking about their self-interests, such thoughts came into my mind.
If this problem is overlooked, it could be a boomerang and struck us from behind in the future, and the order of the market will become even more complicated.

Although this issue is being raised today, I feel fortunate that this problem can be eradicated.
Meanwhile, I feel unfortunate that this issue was not solved among ourselves in the first place, which had caused problems in today's reality.
Through this opportunity, we will solve this issue once and for all.
We, as the producers for the entertainment industry, carrying the passion for music and the pride of KPOP, we will work harder, even for today too, to produce good contents.

-MrsDooB2uty (May contain errors in grammar/context)

 

[maeve]

LOL Yes Cude

[nhip]

loool what is happening

[hiramekii♥]

Shit is starting to get interesting.

[VedaSONE]

wow, i'm excited to see the outcome of this issue

[ApinkPandaOfApink]

As usual netizens have no idea what they're talking about. Cube didn't participate in this because they aren't a part of Korean Music Power. Star Empire is. Cube was offered to join few years back but they decided to sign with Universal Music Group, the biggest music corporation in the US.

 

2YOON, G.NA, BTOB, and Roh Jihoon are really getting shafted if Cube is spending money on digital manipulation and excluding them. Nobody has a problem with Huh Gak selling well two years after his debut.

 

tbh,their suspect target is most likely 4minute,which has a song with strong longevity

Beast doesn't even chart high on Melon,it has only started to rise a few spots after promoting

Not a good rank at all if CUBE did manipulation,and the rank now is still struggling to get them a win on music shows if that's CUBE's purpose

 

Dont even get me started on Apink. CUBE would do somethings on BTOB before they care and do anything on Apink

Anything related to Apink is all about ACUBE,only dumb people who is not familiar to Apink think CUBE handles their activities

There's a reason Apink's official page,ACUBE's official page has no CUBE logo or anything related to CUBE

 

Choi Jinho is running it like his own label

 

Most of Apink fans dont even consider Apink part of CUBE family

[lalala]

LMAO 

 

GOOD JOB CUBE

 

DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD IT IN YOU

 

 

 

this is such a obvious "I"M INNOCENT LOOK I"M PART OF THE PARTY."

 

 

Watch CUBE STANS BE LIKE "SEE OPPA DIDn'T DO IT. THEY ARE VICTIMS TOO!"

 

It's a publicity stunt. and It'll work, look at that delulu above me arguing her case.

[ariel28]

interesting! can't wait for the identities/agencies of REAL CHART MANIPULATORS to be revealed

[nhip]

everything is so fishy. time to just wait and watch. in the end there won't even be any drama to begin with.

[Jeffrey Jung]

i'm still shocked why only FNC joins this not the whole label under Mnet Media including Maru and CCM

[Qri]

 

[VedaSONE]

tbh,their suspect target is most likely 4minute,which has a song with strong longevity

Beast doesn't even chart high on Melon,it has only started to rise a few spots after promoting

Not a good rank at all if CUBE did manipulation,and the rank now is still struggling to get them a win on music shows if that's CUBE's purpose

 

Dont even get me started on Apink. CUBE would do somethings on BTOB before they care and do anything on Apink

Anything related to Apink is all about ACUBE,only dumb people who is not familiar to Apink think CUBE handles their activities

There's a reason Apink's official page,ACUBE's official page has no CUBE logo or anything related to CUBE

 

Choi Jinho is running it like his own label

 

Most of Apink fans dont even consider Apink part of CUBE family

 

Me too, I never consider APINK as part of CUBE Family~ I feel like APINK standing on themselves~

[Based Prince]

-waits for all kpop companies to join xcept for CCM and everyone'll be like "it's that devil doing this" -

[creampuff]

My inner conspiracy theorist tells me that some of these companies in fact had their fair share of digital manipulation and are just trying to cover up their asses. But let's see what will happen.

[v-o-lume-up]

My praying werk.    

[jennaayy]

Hrm... interesting development.

[Taku]

 

 

/crying. 

[Jeffrey Jung]

-waits for all kpop companies to join xcept for CCM and everyone'll be like "it's that devil doing this" -

LOL did you read my mind? i wonder why only FNC joins this not the whole label under MNet Media

i mean this is one way for CCM to repair their tainted image

[Ludark]

I wouldn't be surprised if most if not all of the companies saying they are against this digital sajaegi are guilty of doing it themselves.

 

Especially with FNC I wouldn't be surprised if they did it, they were already caught buying back cnblue's (physical) albums earlier this year so who is to say they didn't do it digitally also.

[ApinkPandaOfApink]

Me too, I never consider APINK as part of CUBE Family~ I feel like APINK standing on themselves~

 

out of all CUBE/ACUBE groups,Apink gets the least influence from CUBE,i hope people all understand it now

 

 

and like i said,CUBE is not one of the label did digital chart manipulation

[nareurong]

LOL

[Rinne]

An all out attack towards who?

 

Another plot twist: All major entertainment companies join the digital sajaegi case investigation

 

In the end, it's all fluke

[2B or Not 2B]

AND THE PLOT THICKENS!

[Peachy Joshua]

cube don't risk it

you're still a suspect

[VedaSONE]

out of all CUBE/ACUBE groups,Apink gets the least influence from CUBE,i hope people all understand it now

 

 

and like i said,CUBE is not one of the label did digital chart manipulation

 

You can't forget about BTOB too~ They're too focusing on 4Minute and BEAST, yes even though both group still rookie group, but they still need more promotion~