TITLE	Supreme Court Decision 2010Da15660 decided May 10, 2012[Damages (Other)] [Gong2012Sang,974] [full Text]
Summary
[1] Whether an individual's personality right and benefit and protection of the law were illegally infringed upon in a case where a member of the general audience-who is mentioned neither directly nor indirectly in a television program, or who is otherwise unrelated to the program's contents-suffered emotional distress as a result of watching the relevant program (negative in principle). [2] In a case where Gap and Eul-members of the general audience-sought damages from a television station and its staff for causing emotional distress by producing and broadcasting the television program ""Is American beef safe from mad cow disease?,"" the original judgment which decided that Gap and Eul may not seek damages for the aforementioned program was upheld.

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