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Posted by Janie-Reign Sunday, February 20, 2022

Netizens shocked to see a shrine in Japan named BTS for allegedly attracting visitors without copyright permission

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A 'BTS' shrine in Japan is attracting attention.

On an online community forum, a netizen pointed out a particular shrine in Japan named BTS, presumably short for 'By The Sea.' However, according to the photos, the shrine is attracting visitors with the K-Pop group BTS's promotional materials displayed at the location. 

The official website for the shrine also indicates that it costs 5,000 Yen for a special prayer session and that appointments are necessary. 

The map of the location as well as other photos shared online can be seen below:

According to the netizen, this shrine is not dedicated to the K-Pop group but to Guanyin, with BTS as simply the name of the location. As of now, no official news related to the copyright law has been confirmed, and yet the majority of the netizens are commenting that the attraction is being run without consent.

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Fat-buzzer
Fat-buzzer3,473 pts Sunday, February 20, 2022 1
Sunday, February 20, 2022

I don’t think I read this write 💀 a shrine…

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rrodriguez0309
rrodriguez0309409 pts Sunday, February 20, 2022 2
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How ever they don't need permission because BIGHIT has not been able to trade mark BTS since the word BTS has been used for years even before BTS debuted, since it's an acronym (bts = Behind the Scenes) its used for huge movie companies!! and I'm only talking about the actual use of the name! not everything else!

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