[사회][뉴있저] “Isn’t that Irene?” … Controversy over portrait rights as ambassadors of the Korea Tourism Organization

“Today’s Three Cuts” provides news that has become a hot topic online.

The first news is that of a virtual person who looks so much like a famous celebrity that the controversy over the right to portray was born.

The claim has been made that the virtual human “Yeoji”, created by the Korea Tourism Organization with 800 million won, looks too much like Irene, a member of the “Red Velvet” group.

Who is Irene and who is the virtual human, Jericho?

Yeoriji is a virtual human being created by the Korea Tourism Organization at a cost of approximately 800 million won and works as an honorary ambassador for the Korea Tourism Organization.

In a parliamentary audit held yesterday by the National Assembly’s Committee on Culture, Sports and Tourism, Democratic Party legislator Lee Byung-hoon stressed that the two are similar, saying “there is a violation of portrait rights.”

Shin Sang-yong, vice president of the Korea Tourism Organization, explained: “It was not created by modeling a specific person.”

However, since Jericho was first revealed in July, suspicions have circulated online that he may have copied Irene’s face.

In addition to the problem of portrait rights, there are also criticisms that “it mirrors the look and style preferred by the younger generations to promote passion”.

Do you all remember “Jung In” who died from the abuse of his adoptive parents?

Unfortunately, a YouTuber was wanted who had stolen money using the late Jung In-i.

The Gyeonggi Gwangju Police Station is tracking down the whereabouts of a male YouTuber in his forties on suspicion of embezzlement.

In October last year, this YouTuber screamed that Jung-in was his father and took the initiative to sponsor him to create a memorial space.

However, after collecting 26 million won in donations, he was accused of using it for personal purposes.

Police explained that they had contacted this YouTuber since the beginning of this year, including submitting a request to participate, but it was not reached.

Netizens called for severe punishment, saying, “People who really need help get hurt because of these people.”

Finally, the news that the European Parliament has selected Ukrainians for this year’s “Sakharov Prize for Human Rights”.

He is said to have praised the courage of the “Ukrainian people” who have been fighting the Russian invasion for eight months.

European Parliament President Roberta Mezzola said: “This award is for Ukrainians who are fighting on the ground,” they said.

The Sakharov Prize for Human Rights was established in 1988 by the European Parliament in honor of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Soviet dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov.

It is awarded annually to individuals and organizations that defend human rights and fundamental freedoms and is awarded a prize of 50,000 euros and 70 million Korean won.

So far, it has been “three cuts today”.

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