bangbangtang 133 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Six U.S. television drama producers took legal action against a group of Koreans responsible for creating the subtitles of popular U.S. soap operas available online without getting the permission from the original producers. On Sunday, police said that the U.S. producers, including Warner Bros and 20th Century Fox, hired a local law firm and sued 15 Internet users responsible for subtitling of their dramas without their permission. Under the law, subtitles are considered a secondary creation and consequently protected by copyright laws. People who make subtitles without permission from the original authors or producers can be given a five-year jail term or fined up to 50 million won. Police are now questioning the 15 who were booked without physical detention. Investigators said they made Korean subtitles of American television dramas and movies without getting prior consent from the original producers and circulated their translations among Internet users through large online cafes. A police officer said on condition of anonymity that U.S. television drama producers tend not to exercise their copyrights if individual citizens violate the law. But, he said, the U.S producers took legal action against illegal subtitle makers as they believed that the violators circulated their subtitles rapidly through the Internet and as a result the original producers experienced negative fallout on their earnings. The officer went on to say that a cable broadcast, which has aired U.S. dramas, held an emergency meeting recently after experiencing income loss following dwindling viewer ratings because of the massive spread of subtitled dramas on the Internet. "Professional translators were also hit hard by the subtitle makers. I understand that the U.S. television drama producers took legal action against them to issue a warning to end such an illegal practice rather than making money through an out-of-court settlement fee," he said. Industry watchers say Korean drama producers are now taking the illegal subtitle issue seriously and are moving toward restricting people from making subtitles without their permission. By Kang Hyun-kyung [email protected] https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2014/06/116_160050.html Bye2 my weekly dose of e-byong Henry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exzime. 2,080 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 da fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taelent 9,485 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Welp, I better start hitting the books and learn Korean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylife 920 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 WAT?! WHY?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HottestLeeJunho 295 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 seriously!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get The Job Done 303 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 good thing i don't watch Korean dramas but they should just plan to make a subtitle version anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souloist 3,634 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 At least people were actually able to understand what was being said in the shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena 21,718 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Six U.S. television drama producers took legal action against a group of Koreans responsible for creating the subtitles of popular U.S. soap operas available online without getting the permission from the original producers. Um I don't think this has anything to do with KOREAN shows? It's just they are suing people who translate American shows from English to Korean?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Symphonyâ„¢ 11,329 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Did anyone read the actually article? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fgt 1,210 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 lol, stupid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masketta 2,783 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Not surprising. Rich Hollywood producers cant make money off a bunch of Koreans making free subtitles, they could however make a profit suing these Koreans. Its all about the moneys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrifeRaider 4,103 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 But, he said, the U.S producers took legal action against illegal subtitle makers as they believed that the violators circulated their subtitles rapidly through the Internet and as a result the original producers experienced negative fallout on their earnings. that's pretty much bullshit as they pretty much have no viewer rating outside of the US, there shows aren't even aired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajewcy 1,217 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Did anyone read the actually article? No. I need subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy Daisy 732 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Ridiculous how money thirsty these companies are. I doubt they lost SO much money from people subbing their shows. Tbh at least they gain recognition. Oh god, who is even going to sub korean stuff now? In a long term it's going to be their lost since they will lose international audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
�SHERRY� 5,081 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 lmao!! Did ppl have reading comprehension problem?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seungwan 626 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 "i'm mad because i'm already frickin rich but they're decreasing my richness by like $5 so i need to sue" are soap operas even aired outside of the US? who even watches soap operas in the US. the last time i saw one someone got hit by a car or somethin then someone was pregnant and i'm pretty sure hayden panetierre was in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmn 2,622 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 that's pretty much bullshit as they pretty much have no viewer rating outside of the US, there shows aren't even aired Are you for real? Lots of US dramas are aired all around the world, with local TV networks paying lots of money for the rights to broadcast US productions. (if you actually read the article it will say it's not only "soap operas", if that was your point) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timpa 6,547 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 READ THE STORY. US/HOLLYWOOD DRAMAS Sue someone *IN KOREA* (hired a Korean law-firm) for making *KOREAN* subtitles to ENGLISH-LANGUAGE shows. Now if you want to be like "hmm. I wonder how long before SBS/MBC/KBS hire a law-firm to go after someone subbing their shows" But there's always ways around that. Back in the late 90s/early 00's. When Anime had a big boom there was a lot of suing of subbers or shutdown notices for putting english subs on anime. They're still around. Some of them just have the site originate in a country which doesn't pursue prosecution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ 730 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 i'm curious about whether the ones making sub are earning profit and how much they earn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrifeRaider 4,103 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Are you for real? Lots of US dramas are aired all around the world, with local TV networks paying lots of money for the rights to broadcast US productions. (if you actually read the article it will say it's not only "soap operas", if that was your point) Everything is constantly ripped and uploaded onto the web everywhere so this sudden loss of money in viewer rating is crap excuse to be used. and there going only after Koreans? while it's happening in every country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Did anyone read the actually article? lmao!! Did ppl have reading comprehension problem?? READ THE STORY. US/HOLLYWOOD DRAMAS Sue someone *IN KOREA* (hired a Korean law-firm) for making *KOREAN* subtitles to ENGLISH-LANGUAGE shows. Now if you want to be like "hmm. I wonder how long before SBS/MBC/KBS hire a law-firm to go after someone subbing their shows" But there's always ways around that. Back in the late 90s/early 00's. When Anime had a big boom there was a lot of suing of subbers or shutdown notices for putting english subs on anime. They're still around. Some of them just have the site originate in a country which doesn't pursue prosecution. Industry watchers say Korean drama producers are now taking the illegal subtitle issue seriously and are moving toward restricting people from making subtitles without their permission. Sounds to me like they might be considering doing the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmn 2,622 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Everything is constantly ripped and uploaded onto the web everywhere so this sudden loss of money in viewer rating is crap excuse to be used. and there going only after Koreans? while it's happening in every country Koreans are terrible at English and can't watch this without subtitles. So these subtitles are very important for the illegal watching of US productions in Korea. Without such subtitles available, many more Korean wouldn't have watched these shows illegally and been interested in watching them legally with legal Korean subtitles at a later time. --> These subtitles clearly cause losses for the TV-producers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmn 2,622 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Industry watchers say Korean drama producers are now taking the illegal subtitle issue seriously and are moving toward restricting people from making subtitles without their permission. Sounds to me like they might be considering doing the same thing Realistically it's not really going to happen for English subs if these Korean companies aren't trying to sell their productions with English subtitles and/or to English speaking markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Realistically it's not really going to happen for English subs if these Korean companies aren't trying to sell their productions with English subtitles and/or to English speaking markets. Yeah I agree, but maybe Japanese/Chinese subs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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