Instiz: The reason SISTAR's 'Harley Quinn' concept is problematic

"As you all know, SISTAR's recent concept is characters from the DC comics. Their concept images clearly reflect this but they don't seem to realize that each of the characters are copyrighted, the most controversial character of all being Harley Quinn.

It's hard to judge from the teaser alone but many are saying that the pictures remind them of the Harley Quinn concept. If their motif was taken from the original Harley Quinn, it would not be problematic, but Bora's Harley Quinn concept was clearly taken from Suicide Squad's Harley Quinn, which would be the fourth version of the character (Before reboot, after, Arkham in game, and finally the Suicide Squad).

Suicide Squad's version of Harley Quinn recently got popular among netizens and I think that's what influenced the SISTAR concept. The problem lies with the fact that they did not get permission to use the character concept."

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"I think they picked it up because the Harley Quinn edits were such a trend for a while but the problem is that it is a movie character from an unreleased movie and not some general theme they took from a fairy tale or something."

"So this is what my friend was talking about"

"I hope Starship responds to this and does something about it."

"SISTAR never said they had a Harley Quinn concept, it's just all speculation. And seeing their fourth round of teasers, I don't think it's Harley Quinn at all..."

"I remember telling my friends that copying the Harley Quinn concept would be problematic and they didn't realize what was so wrong with it ㅜ"

"If they get into a lawsuit, it'll be no joke."

"The make up, tattoo on the leg, standing in that pose with a baseball bat.. it's all undeniably from Suicide's version of Harley Quinn. Suicide Squad clearly put a lot of work and effort into this version to try and make her seem different from the other versions but they just take it and copy it? I'm really mad that they took a concept from just a few paparazzi cuts when the movie's not even released yet and just copied it from head to toe. The character won't even be as fresh anymore once the movie is actually released because it'll be a concept they already saw in SISTAR."
- I agree with you. If SISTAR just comes out with this concept, people will have already seen it and won't think it's new or fresh or anything when the movie's released.

"This is DC they're dealing with... a copyright lawsuit won't go over well."

"It's true that the Harley Quinn concept is super popular among fans right now but this will become a problem later."

"Harley Quinn is so popular lately."

"The green teaser looked like Poison Ivy too, what're they going to do..."

"The concept of copyright needs to be stronger in Korea ㅠㅠㅠ"