"When The Camellia Blooms," which triggered the Camellia syndrome, is involved in legal proceedings over copyright and profit distribution issues.

According to The Fact on January 7, KBS2's TV drama "When The Camellia Blooms" is currently caught in legal proceedings over copyright problems. The seeds of the conflict came from the distribution of proceeds after the drama hit a high-record, and also the subsequent contract change.

According to the media outlet, the Fan Entertainment company rebelled against the decision of KBS, which owns the copyright, and will pay only about 10% of the total production cost according to the existing contract. In addition to the production cost, there were also problems with the distribution of profits. Fan Entertainment reportedly exchanged content with KBS three times each year from November to the end of last year.

Since Fan Entretainment has been involved in the entire process, from the planning stage to the composition of the production team, including the script making and actor casting, it is said that KBS's monopoly of the copyright is unfair. Fan Entertainment has invested a total of 11 billion Korean won in the drama production or about 550 million KRW per episode. They want also want copyright ownership and proper distribution of profits.

A Fan entertainment official said on the Daily Economic Star Today, "We are still in a meeting and will announce it as soon as the issue is cleared."

"When The Camellia Bloom" was rated as the best mini-series in the second half of 2019, hitting 23.8% viewership ratings in the last episode with its solid scripts and actors. It is reported that sales are expected to be at least 30 to 40 billion Korean won.

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