SM Entertainment wins their lawsuit against the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family

On August 25th, SM Entertainment won the lawsuit that they filed against the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
According to the Seoul Administrative Court, SM Entertainment previously filed a lawsuit claiming that they refused to accept the ban placed on SM the Ballad’s “Tomorrow...”
The song was banned by the MOGEF back in January due to lyrics that mentioned alcohol: “So that I won’t miss you while [I'm] drunk”, and “I dream of you when I fall asleep drunk.” SM Entertainment followed up in March by filing a lawsuit against MOGEF asking to retract the decision.
SM officials stated after hearing about the ruling, “The MOGEF banned the song saying it was to protect the youth, but we fail to understand their standards for evaluation. The MOGEF is restricting our constitutional rights to freedom of expression. The song is not about the production of alcohol or its effects, but rather an expression of the sorrow one feels towards a lost lover. The entire decision to ban the song fails to consider the bigger picture of the song’s meaning.”
Attention is now being put on how this will influence the music industry, if at all.

HyunA, 10cm, Jang Hye Jin and B2ST all had songs that were banned recently

In a phone call with Star News, Cube Entertainment’s Hong Seung Sung CEO commented, “I hope that they’ll continue to lend their ears to the rumbles in the music industry. They need to take in the opinions of not only the people in the industry, but the fans as well.”
Pop music critic Kang Tae Gyu added, “The court has acknowledged the freedom of creativity. I hope that there will no longer be a case where the soul of a creative product is lost because of one mere word.”
Source + Photos: Newsen via Nate, Star News via Nate