(by guest blogger, Andy Jackson)
A couple of years ago, a Korean milk company got in trouble with the law for using nude models to promote its yogurt.
A Seoul appellate has just ruled that the show was obscene:
The bench ruled the performance was purely commercially motivated and had no artistic merit whatsoever. It said the show, in which three nude models sprayed each other with yoghurt, was obscene and sensational, adding it could find no justification for using nudity to achieve the goal of the campaign. One model identified as Park, who also serves as head of the Korea Nude Models’ Association, was fined US$2,000, while two other models were fined US$600 each.
An executive with the milk company was fined about $5,000.
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4 Comments
The show was ruled obscene, but pictures of the show printed in the Chosun Ilbo are not obscene?
How about the calling cards with the pictures of the naked women that are placed on my windshield or driver’s side window of my car… are they obscene? Is someone going to be fined a couple grand for that? Will I be fined a couple grand for, um, not throwing them away the split second I see them?
That is a good question Kushibo but I’m betting that the picture of such appearing in a newspaper can be justified under the guise of reporting the news though I would rule against the Chosun Ilbo if I were a judge simply because though they may report such, they become an accomplice to obscenity by printing actual photos of such. I agree Kushibo, the is a lacking of accountability on the part of the Chosun.
I smell the curdled milk of human kindness.
Kevin
What the world needs now is more naked woman in Korea