No shame, omg 2 illegal viewing followed by fake goods sales...Seo Kyungduk, stop now
Jan 07, 2025
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Professor Seo Kyung-duk of Sungshin Women's University, a Korean public relations expert, said on the 7th that "Squid Game 2" is drawing attention from all over the world, and that illegal goods are being sold at large online shopping malls in China. "Many Internet users reported it to me, and after searching various online shopping malls in China, I found out that illegal goods were sold at several places.", he pointed out.
In addition, it also released sales images of products that appear to have stolen scenes and illustrations in 'Squid Game 2 without permission.
Professor Seo said that related products were not searched in Taobao and Jingdong, which were highly controversial in "Squid Game 1", and sold them in Temu and AliExpress."Most of the origin is also China, and above all, selling goods made by using the portrait rights of actors who appeared in the 'Squid Game' without permission would be the biggest problem."
In particular, major online shopping malls in China enjoyed selling fake costumes during the season 1 launch. Foreign media including Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported that some of the most popular products related to the 'Squid Game' were sold by companies in Guangzhou, Guangdong, Shenzhen and Anhui provinces in China", he pointed out.
"There should not be a profit structure by making illegal goods due to the lack of illegal viewing by some Chinese Internet users," he said. "We should stop now." he said.
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On Dec. 31 last year, Professor Seo said, "Squid Game 1" was released, and in China, "Thief City Hall" is now a daily life" and pointed out, "It's even more absurd that I don't feel any shame.'
In particular, Professor Seo criticized that `It is also a big problem that the Chinese authorities have used the portrait rights of Korean Wave stars appearing in K-content in China so far, made fake products, and sold them as their profit structure.'
On the Chinese content review site Douvan (豆瓣), the review screen of 'Squid Game 2' was created even before its release, and more than 60,000 reviews are currently left. During the last Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese authorities conducted a strict crackdown on their citizens to prevent the protection and illegal distribution of intellectual property rights regarding the Olympic mascot 'BingDun'.
Professor Seo said "It's not that the Chinese authorities don't know like this. "It is true that we have overlooked the 'illegal viewing' of K content even though we know it so far," he said. "The Chinese authorities must first respect the contents of other countries and must crack down on the illegal activities of their citizens."
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