They were accused of targeting V unfairly.
Lately, MOVES she has found herself in trouble with fans regarding her handling of Behind the scenes member ANDthe individual fancams of .
The backlash began after netizens noticed that some extremely popular V fancams, mostly taken by fans, were being removed from online platforms. A large number of these fancams had huge views, surpassing those posted by official music shows.
Taehyung’s fancam for “Pied Piper” (over 17 million views) deleted due to copyright infringement by HYBE 🤬@HYBEOFFICIALtwt @BIGHIT_MUSIC you are bad to do this to your artist, bro. photo.twitter.com/nLJRF49Km7
— V STREAM 💘 (@tetestream) September 4, 2024
Another fan 💔 https://t.co/BjhvzhQYBf photo.twitter.com/YLrx3OTuIt
— V STREAM 💘 (@tetestream) September 5, 2024
These fancams were reportedly deleted from the internet after being hit with copyright infringement by HYBE, which angered netizens. Since these copyright infringements only happened to V’s videos and no other BTS members, many also accused the company of intentionally targeting V.
Hybe has claimed copyright for V’s Pied Piper fancam from “To MY DARLING V” and has shut down the “mumu_tae” channel for the same reason, while the other members’ fancams from the same performance are still available.
Bring back V fancams!
HYBE RESPECT TAEHYUNG
HYBE TREATS TAEHYUNG EQUALLY photo.twitter.com/jwfo97NlkX— 🍓 (@l0SBt) September 4, 2024
As the backlash mounted, HYBE appears to have responded by quietly withdrawing the copyright claim from some fancams, much to the delight of fans.
THE ICONIC FANCAM OF THE MASTERLY GOOB TAEHYUNG IS BACK, GUYS!!!! photo.twitter.com/veFUcSVDfh
— shaza ⓥ (@tetesjaan) September 6, 2024
MOMBO fancam copyright removed 🔥🔥 keep tagging Hybe for the Pied Piper fancam of “To My Darling V”, the channel “mumu_tae” and the removed fancams on “Lucia purple” and “TAETE OPPA”
BRING US BACK THE V FANCAS!@HYBEOFFICIALtwt @BIGHIT_MUSIC @bts_bighit Italian: https://t.co/TojSoAECzN photo.twitter.com/4fumo5vwUe
— 🍓 (@l0SBt) September 5, 2024
However, it appears that some of V’s most viewed videos continue to be removed and fans won’t back down until they are restored.
Stay tuned for more updates!