Min Hee-Jin Testifies in ADOR Lawsuit, Criticizes HYBE for “Unfair Standards”
Nov 12, 2025
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The hearing of the 62nd Division of Civil Agreement (Chief Judge Lee Hyun-seok) at the Seoul Central District Court on the 11th held the third hearing of a 1.1 billion won damages lawsuit filed by Airdor against the dolphin gang and director Shin Woo-seok.
On this day, former representative Min appeared as a witness for the dolphin gang. This is the first time he has attended a lawsuit other than his own.
Former CEO Min said it was verbally discussed in advance that the dolphin gang posted the director's cut of the Newzins ETA music video on the Ban Hee-soo channel, which is a common practice in the entertainment industry.
Director Shin and the dolphin kidnapping group uploaded directors cuts to the Ban Hee-soo channel, which caused losses due to a decrease in Adore's channel revenue, and even if the dolphin kidnapping group posted a post after Adore's protest, it is an absurd and absurd claim. If you have respect for creators in a collaborative relationship and post videos on their channels, you can enjoy a secondary effect that is also promoted to people who are not subject to our appeal. I think it's an unconventional and personal abuse of the law. All working-level officials are making oral contracts, and I wonder if Hive is trying to use such standards only to coach Shin.
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On the other hand, former CEO Min said, `There was an ending that director Shin wanted, and the ending that Apple wanted was different. Apple's vice president said, `I personally like the ending, but from Apple's point of view, it can be burdensome, so let's just exclude this ending for the version with the logo.' I thought the music video would be so fun as a way to release a clean version and shock people once again when it's forgotten by them over time. There was no reason to say no because previous music video views could also go up.'
At the same time, former CEO Min said "We had an oral consultation after the dismissal of the CEO, but (Hive) asked if there was any data." At that time, there were so many hive maneuvers that bothered me that I thought I was going to pick a pod with it. Other than this, there are many things that I didn't reply to the strange mail sent by the deputy leader. Even if he answered, he diverted me away. There are a lot of loachs. I felt that I could do something that bothers people like this."
Audor paid 3.3 billion won to the dolphin kidnapping group for the service of four music videos in a year in 2023. Do you know that 3.3 billion won is 25% of the dolphin kidnapping group's sales of 13.2 billion won?", "The dolphin kidnapping group's operating profit is only 700 million won, but there is a back-side agreement contract that requires the cumulative profit to be achieved by 18 billion won by 2026 under the stock sale contract with Kakao." He questioned, "Didn't you know that and give him all the work?" but former CEO Min emphasized, "It's an unreasonable claim and a frame."
Last year, Audor requested the removal of the dolphin mob director Shin Woo-seok, who posted the director's cut of the music video 'ETA' on the semi-hee-soo channel without permission without consultation with the advertiser. In response, director Shin filed a criminal complaint, saying that he had deleted all the Newzins-related videos he had posted on the Ban Hee-soo channel, damaging his reputation. Adore responded with a civil lawsuit seeking liability for breach of contract and liability for damages for illegal activities.
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