SOUTH KOREA’S RAIN CLEARED IN U.S. CONCERT DISPUTE
South Korean singer RAIN has been handed victory in a breach of contract = legal dispute after a judge ruled he was not responsible for causing the = cancellation of his 2006-2007 U.S. tour.
The star, real name Jung Ji-Hoon, and bosses at his agency JYP Entertai= nment were sued for $3.95 million (=C2=A32.5 million) by promoters Wellma= de STARM last year (09).
Wellmade executives claimed Rain owed them damages because he pulled ou= t of 16 shows on his doomed U.S. tour, while the singer argued the stage = had not been properly prepared for the gigs.
He also told the South Korean court how the roadshow was marred by a co= pyright infringement claim made against him by an American Beatles tribut= e band, also called Rain, preventing him from using the stage name in the= States.
However, the longrunning lawsuit came to an end on Thursday (28Jan10) w= hen Judge Bae Kwang-Kuk ruled in favour of the Asian star, blaming poor p= reparations by the concert’s U.S. promoters for the scrapped shows. (MT/W=
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