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NewJeans, a K-pop group, signed exclusive contracts with ADOR, a HYBE label, when they were between 14 and 17 years old. The contracts omitted standard child protections and included strict behavioral clauses. The group attempted to terminate their contracts in 2024, alleging negligence by ADOR. ADOR rejected the move, and a court injunction prevented the group from pursuing independent activities. ADOR terminated Danielle's contract and filed a lawsuit against her for breach of contract. The contracts also granted ADOR rights to use the members' likenesses and voices indefinitely, including for AI-generated content. HYBE maintains that its contracts are legal and comply with child-protection laws.
ADOR disputes the suggestion that the members lacked safeguards, stating that separate youth agreements covered key protections. The disagreement is over where those protections were recorded: the reported omissions concern the exclusive contracts, while ADOR says separate agreements supplied the safeguards. The available information does not independently establish how those supplementary terms operated in practice.
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