Posted on September 2, 2012
by daiko
The root of the story was when Moon Geun Young was rumored to lead upcoming SBS drama Chungdamdong Alice, several media informed that the story was based on a novel by writer Lee Hye Kyung titled Chungdamdong Ohdoori.
When the drama’s lead cast fixed with Moon Geun Young and Park Shi Hoo, there’s a plagiarism allegation for Chungdamdong Alice.
The allegation came from the publisher company of novel Chungdamdong Ohdoori.
They revealed that they have been preparing a TV drama series based on that novel for the last 2 years. They also made a contract with the novel’s author Lee Hye Kyung.
But they were surprised when news came out that SBS will make a drama titled Chungdamdong Alice, and they said that SBS drama have a 90% similarity with their novel, including character, setting and storyline.
SBS made a press statement on August 30 to deny the allegation. SBS said , there’s nothing in common between Chungdamdong Alice and Chungdamdong Ohdoori except the title ‘Chungdamdong’ and the leading man’s occupation as a CEO of a fashion company.
SBS also said that their writer Kim Ji Woon, Kim Young Hyun, Park Sang Hyun and Kim Jin Hee have been preparing Chungdamdong Alice for 2 years and surprised with the plagiarism accusation because the two has no similarity.
SBS also denied rumor which stated that a writer of Chungdamdong Alice received an autograph from Chungdamdon Ohdoori’s writer, Lee Hye Jung.
Chungdamdong Alice will replace Five Fingers next December.
Source : Stoo
