Hailing from a nation where you are promptly asked or forced to leave an establishment when you have a bit too much to drink, and are ticketed or arrested if you so much as stumble under the influence in public, I found it pretty spectacular the Koreans are allowed to get absolutely shithammered to the point of not being able to physically support themselves several nights a week. As most of you visiting this page have probably seen first-hand, these people usually end up in one of two-places: the shoulders of their buddies, or passed out public.
Lucky for us, the latter is a much more frequent occurence. That being said, I welcome you to Black Out Korea.
I think the "Crotch Blackout" is my favorite.
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Oh my gosh! That is a classic photo!!! LOL I laughed so hard. Poor guys... >.<
That is an awesome blog, even my (Korean) wife laughed out loud at many of those photos.
Great find, Brian!
I liked the Tom one. Thanks for this.
Awesome. I've just submitted one to the site; hopefully they'll post it.
I took a few photos like this back in 2001 on a film camera. The photo shop refused to develop them.
Not that this would be a justification for the photoshop folks to refuse to develop Bob's stuff, but I wonder about the legality of posting some of these in Korea.
I love it!
Amazing find.
Great picture - amazing considering it's light out...
"I wonder about the legality of posting some of these in Korea"
According to what Metro has posted on his blog, they would be illegal because they did not give you permission to take the photos in the first place.
ROK Hound wrote:
According to what Metro has posted on his blog, they would be illegal because they did not give you permission to take the photos in the first place.
Well, I suppose if one ever were to get in trouble for taking these, one could simply claim to also have been drunk at the time.
One could also use the curiosity defense.
The domain's name is registered to a western name. If a drunk Korean were really offended, it might be trivial to cross reference the owner of the domain name with immigration records to see if anyone by that name is living in Korea under a visa.
It might have been wiser if the guy just used blogger/wordpress and supplied a fake name. Doubtful they'd hand over information to a foreign government.
At the risk of sounding like a giant wuss, I do have to say I'm kind of disturbed by the growing trend of posting pictures of strangers on the internet without their permission. When it's mascots or performers, that's one thing, but random regular people ... Putting aside how legal it is or isn't, it seems pretty unethical.
That said, those pictures are pretty hilarious.
As far as I know, in most modern countries if a picture is taken on public property the picture belongs to the person who took the photo, no matter what is in it (obviously unless it's a matter of national security or something of the like).
How else can the paparazzi get away with what it does? Or sites like http://thedirty.com?
That being said, I'm not exactly well versed on Korean internet law, nor do I plan to fight any such thing if legal action were to be brought against me, i'd simply take the site down.
THAT being said, good point on pointing out that the domain ownership was public, I thought I already had it privatized but apparently not. Fixed!
Glad you guys are enjoying the photos, and thanks for the mention, Brian!
-Black Out Korea
"As far as I know, in most modern countries if a picture is taken on public property the picture belongs to the person who took the photo, no matter what is in it"
Not true in Korea, as pointed out above. (insert cliched "Korea is not a modern country" remark)
Visit the Metropolitician's website. He has the relevant laws (in Korean) posted there.
I didn't even know about the Metro blog until today, looked over it quickly but didn't really see anything relevant; there's a lot of information on that site.
Am I missing an article specifically mentioning the legality of what i'm doing, or were you referring to just basic Korean laws and principles outlined in his site? If it's the former, requesting link.
Is it actually legal in "most modern countries" to publicly display a photo of any random person off the street, without their permission? I know it happens all the time on Facebook and whatnot, but could the person in the photo not sue if they wanted to? Producers of TV shows and movies have to get people to fill out release forms in order to avoid being sued, I know that much. Does that only apply if you're profitting directly from the image?
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