Plave is among the many K-pop groups that use avatars to represent actual artistes. -- PHOTO: THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): A virtual idol group has won a civil case against a commenter who disparaged their looks online in one of the first cases related to the rights of celebrities exclusively using digitally created images to represent themselves.
The Goyang branch of the Uijeongbu District Court in Gyeonggi province ruled in favour of the five members of the group. They accused the defendant of harming their reputation in the form of insult, and requested compensation of 6.5 million won (S$6,014) per person.
