[ARCHIVE] Les Cassio appellent au Boycott de SM Ent.

Spoiler:

Hello, Cassiopeia.

SM TOWN LIVE '09 that was scheduled on August
16th, 2009 has been postponed indefinitely but in truth, it has been
canceled. We believe that this has caused a lot of confusion amongst
the domestic and international fans.

When three members of TVXQ
filed for a exclusive contract suspension, many worried about whether
the SM TOWN LIVE '09 would still held. At the time SM Entertainment
stated that the concert would still be held regardless of the lawsuit
filed by the three members. TVXQ also stated numerous times that they
would perform to keep their promise with their fans. However, SM
Entertainment announced that, 'Due to the situation regarding TVXQ's
lawsuit, we will not be able to show fans the cooperation and bond
between the singers in our agency.' They stated this as their reason
and postponed the concert indefinitely a week before it was set to be held.

SM Entertainment has taken fans love for their artistes and used it
against them by selling items based on quantity and not quality.
Instead of selling unique items that are high in quality, they have
been selling numerous items of which some are very similar to one
another (i.e. three or four versions of the same CD). Also, SM
Entertainment has ignored customer complaints about said way of
business along with all other complaints regarding other areas and
thus, ignored the right of the consumer. SM Entertainment is bound
by law to be fully responsible towards consumers as sellers before as
an agency, and when they do not take that responsibility, the consumer
is allowed to refuse to buy items from the seller and is allowed to ask
for compensation for irresponsibility of the seller.


Therefore,
1) Since SM Entertainment is mocking the consumer for canceling a concert
is an act that ignores the basic respect that should be given to the
'consumers' who have bought tickets,

2) Since SM Entertainment has not been giving consumers proper respect that a consumer should
receive in the years past and have shown no signs of improvement,

3) Since SM Entertainment is mistreating the reason for the consumer'sbuying, SM's TVXQ, and is even obscuring the existence of the group,we have decided to hold a boycott against SM Entertainment.



Items to be Boycotted
-All Photobooks, DVDs, Goods and all other licensed goods SM Entertainment has released or plans on releasing
-Music services that include Ringtones, Coloring, BGM
-All businesses run by SM Entertainment such as Everysing
*ThisBoycott DOES NOT include TVXQ's Japanese albums and singles that havecome out under the name TOHOSHINKI because it is from AvexEntertainment (Rhythm Zone)*


Reasons as to why we are boycotting SM Entertainment.


1.SM TOWN LIVE '09's Cancellation
-Thethree members have repeatedly stated through their representing law firm that they will be performing in the aforementioned concert. SMEnt. also stated that they wished to continue on with the performance.
However, SM Ent. said that the lawsuit would not allow the singers in
the agency show their bond and collaboration. Therefore, they changed
their statement and tried to place to blame onto the three members
while canceling the concert. This resulted in a lot of damage done to.
not only the Korean fans, but also the Chinese, Japanese and other fans
in Asia who had bought tickets to watch all the SM Artistes including
TVXQ. (Concert Ticket price, car rental, sleeping quarters, airplane
ticket etc)
-This degraded the image of Korea as a whole

-They canceled the concert as it would be hard to show the close bond between the agency's singers yet they are planning to release the SM TOWN SUMMER Album that emphasizes on the friendship between seniors and juniors.

-Preceding the cancellation of the concert, [09 SM SUMMER TOWN FESTIVAL] - Even though ticket were already booked, a week before the concert SM Ent. stated "We are not postponing the concert because of problems regarding tickets or sponsors, but we have changed the date of the concert because we would like to give the Asian fans, as well as the Korean fan, the highest quality concert we could provide," and moved the concert to the winter season (December~January) due to bad weather conditions.
-They did not say anything after the postponement. 09 SM SUMMER TOWN FESTIVAL was held on June, 2007.



2. The unfair treated of TVXQ's Official Fanclub CASSIOPEIA

1) The unknown term of the 2nd Cassiopeia
-The cost to be a part of the 2nd Cassiopea: 15,000 Won (2006.05.27)

-After numerous recruitments their activities officially started (2007.03.01)

-SM ARTIST Official Global Fanclub's Activity Period: Terminates one year after application

-2nd Cassiopeia's Activity Period: 2007.03.01~2008.02.28
-TVXQ's Absence from the Korean Stage (No official albums released. Only appeared in big events.)
-TVXQ's 4th album activities (2008.09-2008.12), TVXQ's Concert
(2009.02.20-22) advanced ticket booking, TVXQ's Japan Concert
Cassiopeia Tour (2009.07), SM TOWN LIVE '09 (Scheduled for 2009.08.16)
etc.
2nd Cassiopeia is still in effect

2) A Fanclub without a representative
-During 2nd Cassiopeia's activities, the fanclub has been running without a representative - Impossible for fanclub to talk with agency.

-SM Ent. released a statement regarding the 3rd Cassiopeia's recruitment and supporters (2008.05)
-There has been no other statements released afterwards regarding the 3rd Cassiopeia

3) Benefits Not Given
-SM ARTIST Official Global Fanclub benefits
1) A member card with the newest Visual of the S.M. ARTIST
2) Participation in the 'S.M. ARTIST Official Global Fanclub Ceremony' with S.M. ARTIST (1 time)
- It was released that this ceremony would be held on 2008.01.20 (10 months after the official start of activities)
3) S.M. ARTIST Official Global Fanclub Bulletin Given (not regularly)
- They stated it was near completion on 2007.5~7
- Stated again that it was near completion on 2008.01
- Not released
4) Special Goods (Sent once after applying) - Nothing other than a raincoat
5) Notification service of Community Activities (Still being made)
6) Mobile Global Fanclub Service (In the process) - Canceled
7) Ability to watch public programs or events the S.M. Artist participates in
8) Ability to watch UCC videos of said programs and events (Need to pay for this, first come first serve) - Canceled
9) Benefits from buying ARTIST Goods from an SM-owned ON-Line Shopping Mall (In the process)
10) Ability to watch S.M. ARTIST's overseas performances (Tour for Overseas performances) - Applicants must pay for fees
11) Other benefits as well

4) Continuous delays during concerts, putting up notices about transportation and entrance on the morning of the performance day


[b]3. The Unlawfulness of the Exclusive Contract

-Clause 1
For
the activities of TVXQ to be carried out in a successful manner, SM
Entertainment and the manager SM Entertainment chooses will be in
charge of handling all performances, commercials, promotions etc. for
domestic and overseas activities. TVXQ cannot make any promises or sign other contracts without contacting SM Entertainment and they must only focus on their activities.

-Clause 9
1. TVXQ must release albums as they are singers. In the case that 500K
copies are sold of one album, excluding refunded copies, they will receive 50 million Won when the next album is released.
-There have been no albums that sold over 500K copies other than the fourth album MIROTIC (08.09.26)
-Subclause was altered (Artist receives 0.4~1% of the income 2009.02) They have sold 2.5 million albums in Korea only
-Money TVXQ received for albums 0 Won (2009.02)
-Although the subclause was altered, they still is no proper income division
(Artist:Agency = 2 (0.4% per person):98 ~ 5 (1% per person):95)
2.
Subclause 1 only refers to the official albums of the group and the
profit of other albums made by SM Ent. (Live Albums, Best Albums,
Omniverse Albums, etc.) will all go to SM Ent.
-3 Asia Tour Live Albums, 5 SM TOWN Albums, 5 OST Collaboration Albums
-Income 0 Won
4.TVXQ must participate in Internet Programs whenever SM Ent. says they should. These Internet programs will be seen as a promotion of TVXQ and pay will not be given to them.

-Clause 10 (Income division - TV Programs, Events, Commercials etc)
1. SM Ent. must get 40% of payment for programs in which the members are regulars.
2. When
TVXQ appears as a guest or singer on a program, SM Ent. takes all the
money as this can be seen as SM Ent.'s promotion of the group.

-Clause 11 (Compensation in case of a cancellation of said contract)
1. If TVXQ goes against this contract, they must pay compensation for
the damages. If TVXQ does something that endangers or affects their
activities as celebrities, TVXQ must take full responsibility, and
if SM Ent. finds that because of this happening, it will be hard for
TVXQ to continue on with their activities, SM Ent. is allowed to stop
all of TVXQ's activities and TVXQ must pay for compensation. (Payment
for compensation does not mean the contract expires.)
2. For
compensation, TVXQ must pay SM Ent. a total of 3 times the investment
cost (anything in which money was invested), twice the amount of money
expected to be earned during the entire length of the contract, and 100
million Won.
3. If TVXQ wishes to cancel their contract with or without consultation with SM Ent., they must follow Clause 11, Subclause 12.
-This means even if they cancel the contract without talking about it
with SM Ent., they must still pay to compensate. Realistically, it is
impossible for TVXQ to cancel their contract.




To
support TVXQ ,Cassiopeia has participated in many of the fandom's
activities to boost album sales (DongBang Day, DongBang Week: Set
special days to buy albums. Sudden rise in album sales was seen) and
have let SM Ent. take similar contents and release them in repackage
albums. But as long as Cassiopeia knows of the unlawful income division
that SM Ent. has only the agency's interests in mind, Cassiopeia has no
thought of keeping their status as consumers of SM Goods.

TVXQ
had dreams of being artistes. To us, who support them, those dreams are
very important. SM, starting from TVXQ's debut in 2004, has constantly
asked TVXQ to follow a hectic schedule, and made TVXQ follow an even
more rigorous schedule as they participated in overseas activities.
Also, with an exclusive contract that lasts 13 year, SM Ent. is not
helping TVXQ fulfill their dreams of becoming artistes, but are merely
using TVXQ as tools to raise their income. We are saying that we can no longer be consumers of SM Ent.[/u]

Other than that, SM Ent.'s unreasonable reaction to the ARTIST and the fans' demands to see the contract (Trying
to ruin the artiste's reputation by focusing only on the money aspect
of the situation and taking the attention away from the real reason
behind the lawsuit which is the inhumane, unlawful contract) has
greatly angered the fans. SM Ent. must stop seeing ARTISTs as mere
money-making tools and should start respecting the ARTIST's human
rights and must change their contracts.

The mentioned boycott of SM Ent. is because of their[b]1)
Irresponsibility as sellers in their actions to their consumers,
2)Irresponsibility as an agency by having unlawful contracts with their
ARTISTs. This boycott will continue until both issues are solved.


-We are not forcing you to join us in this boycott, but feel free to join us after you've read the article carefully
-We need each member's main fanclubs to join as well. Feel free to spread this with proper credits.
-Fandoms of other SM ARTISTs who wish to join this boycott should e-mail smboycott@live.co.kr

-We support TVXQ who have done a very brave thing.



Source: [DNBN]
Translation credits: jeeelim5@iscreamshinki.net
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Traduction ce soir c'est trop long pour ma pause ^^

Que des conneries, du n'importe quoi, c'est quoi ces Cassio??

Hé bah hé bah, elles en font une montagne de ce truc.
J'avoue, le fait que la SM ai annulé le concert ça craint un peu et comme c'est l'évènement de leur année, qu'elles s'y préparent pendant des mois et que c'est leur seule source de joie, j'peux comprendre qu'elles aient pété un câble.

Il n'empêche que ça devient ridicule, et que je ne suis pas sûre que toussa aide les membres au final... et encore, s'ils ont besoin d'être aidé. Parce que c'est des grands garçons quand même, faut arrêter x)

LOL elles sont ouf' ces cassio dis donc...
Je m'demande comment les choses vont tourner après ça...

DBSK doivent être reconnaissant (ou pas) d'avoir des fans comme ça quand même, elles/ils font tout pour eux. C'est étonnant.

Pour ma part, ce qui en est du boycott ça changera pas grand chose vu que j'achète pas mais que "j'achète" ;) ( Y a que ça de vrai!)

SME court à sa perte

J'ai vu ça tout à l'heure sur soompi, ils appelaient tout le monde à boycotter les goodies et tout...
D'un côté je trouve ça bien qu'elles se mobilisent à fond comme ça, mais boycotter les ventes je suis pas sûre que ça soit une bonne idée... =/ Surtout que pour l'instant y a rien de "grave" (à moins que j'ai louppé un épisode ^^;; ), pour l'instant c'est leur combat, et les fans n'ont pas à s'en mêler en jouant sur les ventes.

Et ben on aura tout vu xxD !! tout a fait d'accord avec toi Kawairemon !! je me demande comment les choses vont tourner aprés [je n'ose pas imaginer] !! Any way ..Ce que je confirme c'est que SM ne verras pas une autre fois le succer qu'elle a eu avant tout ca !!

Les premières à appeler au Boycott et aussi les premières à aller acheter tout discrètement^^
Comme quoi le ridicule n'a JAMAIS tuée XD

J'aime quand un troupeau de cinglés hurlent à l'injustice et invitent les fans au boycotte ! (ma description de la cassios est très réduite mais c'est ainsi)
Ce qui est bien c'est qu'elles sont toujours pondérées dans leurs actes, menaces de mort, harcèlements en tous genres, manif devant le siège de sm et maintenant boycotte...j'ai vraiment envie d'adhérer à tout ça.

Si seulement Asuka si seulement !!

Je donne un avis, m'enfin ne m'agresser pas hein xD Quoi que j'vais en prendre la vue j'pense

Meme si on aime un groupe ( comme elle aiment les DBSK ) j'trouve assez idiot de boycotter, ca risque plutot d'agraver les choses sans qu'elle le veuille. Si ca dure longtemps et qu'elles boycott tout, les DBSK touchront plus rien j'pense pas que ca soit une bonne solution meme si on nous dit a l'ecole ( ma prof d'anglais ma dit ca imaginer le carnage que ca a fait quand on a bloqué les Lycée " Madame on Byocott pas de violence " )
Bien que se soit gentil de leur part, y'a d'autre moyen de faire " reagir " la SM, petition, lettre de soutient, j'pense que ca leur ferais plaisir et que ca leur donnerait du courage. J'trouve que la elles abusent un peu, mais c'est clair qu'anuler une concert ca a du les rendre furax ( J'aurais sincerement peté un cable surtout si ca fait longtemps que j'attend ) Mais je pense que la SM fera quelque chose, du genre un autre concert, comme on fait les TH ( Désolé de me reporter a eux mais j'ai que ca comme exemple on me gave avec donc j'suis un peu au courant ) Quand ils ont annulé le concert ils l'ont reproragmé maintenant a voir si la SM le fera...
Je trouve aussi ( meme si c'est pas dans se sujet ) que l'avocat des garcon et la SM se contredise beaucoup... Ca en devient enervant, on va rien savoir a la fin tellement il nous auront embrouiller

boaf elles utilisent les armes qui sont à la portée des fans, en gros le boycott ou la surconsommation.

Là en l'occurrence, elles choisissent de donner moins d'argent à SM (et donc aux DBSK) pour protester (entre autres) contre le fait que les DBSK n'en touchent pas assez.
Logique.
Cassiopéen quoi :')

Du coup ça a déclenché une série de 350 pages et 2000 clauses de revendications en tout genre. Tention SM, les fauves sont lâchés !

Bui² a écrit:

boaf elles utilisent les armes qui sont à la portée des fans, en gros le boycott ou la surconsommation.

Oh beh pas besoin d'attendre la surconsommation... Elles ont prévue d'acheter le single "Stand by you" le même jour pour que les dong bang soient dans le top oricon !! je dis ça je dis rien !

Perso je pense pas que ce soit la meilleure option le seul truc à faire à mon sens c'est de croire en eux et d'attendre on verra bien quoi...

(j'ai la flemme de traduire ce soir.. je traduirai les points importants demain ^^')

Ce concert est si important que ça en Corée ? Au point de vouloir provoquer des mouvements de masse etc ? Mais de toutes façons, le problème à la base, ce n'était pas Crebeau ?( je parle du recours en justice qui a lieu ) J'ai vu que dans l'article, ils font mention du mauvais traitement ( en gros évidemment ) appliqué aux fans, que SMT ne les respecte pas. Ca tombe juste au moment où SMT est accusé d'avoir entretenu un contrat d'esclavage avec les TVXQ. Un beau hasard quoi qu'il en soit, pourquoi elles n'en ont pas parlé avant cette histoire, si c'était si gênant que ça ?

Ben moi je les soutiens a fond!! je comprend tout a fait!
Ce concert elles l'attentait depuis un bon moment alors voila mon point de vue...je Les soutiens a 100%

Je suis d'accord avec la plupart de ce qui a été dit, à savoir que c'est pas une très bonne idée de la part des Cassio de boycotter de la sorte.

Et puis c'est grâce à eux et à leurs talents que les membres du groupe ont une telle carrière aujourd'hui et qu'ils peuvent nous faire rêver. Pourquoi ne pas leur faire confiance une deuxième fois en leur laissant gérer les choses eux-même?
S'il l'ont fait c'est qu'ils avaient un minimum conscience de ce que cela allait engendrer quand même.

Je comprend qu'elles aient envie de défendre ceux qu'elles aiment, mais là malheureusement il n'y a rien qui puisse être fait de leur part qui influencera vraiment positivement les choses.
Il faudrait seulement attendre, suivre d'un œil attentif l'évolution de la situation et leur manifester un soutient certain mais avec des mots, pas des actions xD.

Oui, complètement idiot d'appeler au Boycott, je doute que ça apportera quelque chose de positif au groupe (cela dit, il y a des points "un peu plus réfléchis" disons, comme le non-boycott des Cds japonais..