OneHundred Label CEO Cha Ga-won, photo provided by|PIARC Group

OneHundred Label, led by CEO Cha Ga-won, lost to the entertainment-tech company Nomus in a dispute over the online streaming rights for THE BOYZ concert. When an official position was requested from the legal representative for Cha, they refused to respond to ‘Sports Kyunghyang’ and sent a text message saying, “It is difficult to respond. Because [we are] an agent of an empty-shell company.”

On the 22nd, the 50th Civil Division of the Seoul Central District Court granted a request by Nomus for an injunction prohibiting OneHundred Label (hereinafter ‘OneHundred’) from streaming THE BOYZ concert.

The court found that exclusive rights to the business still belong to Nomus, ruling, “OneHundred must not allow any third party other than Nomus to stream the concert online.” It added, “If OneHundred violates this, it must pay Nomus 50 million won per violation.” OneHundred must also bear the litigation costs.

The group THE BOYZ, photo courtesy of OneHundred.

Nomus signed an exclusive contract for the online streaming of the three-day solo concert by THE BOYZ, ‘Interjection’ (INTER-ZECTION), to be held from the 24th to the 26th at KSPO Dome in Songpa District, Seoul. After paying fees to OneHundred, it had been selling streaming tickets, but on the 15th it announced, “OneHundred gave a unilateral notice of refusal to perform,” halted sales of streaming rights, and processed full refunds. It subsequently filed an application with the court for an injunction prohibiting the concert streaming.

In response, OneHundred argued that trust was broken because the ‘From’ (a fan communication platform) service operated by Nomus lacked stability, countering, “We decided to work with a company that uses MBC, which has a stable streaming system.”

However, the court did not accept OneHundred’s claim that the contract had been lawfully terminated. Citing, among other things, that apart from live streaming on ‘From’, Nomus had already carried out online streaming of THE BOYZ concerts on two occasions last year without issue, the court sided with Nomus.

OneHundred Label CEO Cha Ga-won, photo courtesy of KBS YouTube capture.

Regarding this, Hyun Dong-yeop, the attorney representing OneHundred, told JTBC, “We respect the court’s decision to grant the injunction and will comply with the court’s order.” However, he refused to respond to Sports Kyunghyang; when asked again, “Do you mean you will choose which outlets to respond to?”, he answered, “Yes.”

Nomus, for its part, posted a notice that day acknowledging these facts.

Nomus and OneHundred are also engaged in other disputes. OneHundred CEO Cha Ga-won has been sued on fraud charges amid allegations that, after proposing joint ventures to companies in the industry by invoking the intellectual property of affiliated entertainers and receiving advance payments, he did not proceed with the projects. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s Financial Crime Investigation Division received three complaints, consolidated them for investigation, and executed a search and seizure of the offices of subsidiary Big Planet Made Enter.

In response, Cha’s side is countering that it is “an illegal scheme to hostilely acquire Big Planet,” asserting that the purpose of the complaints is ‘a takeover of management control’.

OneHundred is also in conflict with THE BOYZ over their exclusive contract. Nine members of THE BOYZ, except for New, notified OneHundred of termination of the exclusive contract, citing non-payment of settlements and breaches of management obligations, and have filed for a preliminary injunction to nullify the contract. OneHundred countered, “We have already paid exclusive-contract signing fees of KRW 1.5 billion per member, totaling KRW 16.5 billion, to all THE BOYZ members,” but THE BOYZ stated, “All members of THE BOYZ have not received any funds, including unpaid settlement amounts for the third and fourth quarters of 2025, not only at the time OneHundred’s official statement that it ‘had completed payments of settlements to the artists’ was released, but even up to now,” adding, “It is deeply regrettable that an official statement falsely claiming ‘settlement completed’ was issued when no settlement payments had been made at all.”

In addition, THE BOYZ recently filed a complaint accusing OneHundred CEO Cha Ga-won of violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment, etc. of Specific Economic Crimes (embezzlement). This was reported exclusively by Sports Kyunghyang.