what is going on with seek and shinee, i dont really get it.
apparently, the magazine is a private one given out to japanese shawols who pay to be a member of the j-fanclub - the images are supposed to be exclusive for those ‘official’ members since they pay a fee
some fans have been kind and scanned the photos to show everyone, but because the magazine has noticed that the images are online for free, if it continues they will stop giving out the magazine completely since it is not exclusive. most official/paying fans would not want to pay for something they can find online for free, of course
i used to be subscribed through a friend to a japanese band’s fanclub and we were warned not to share the special merchandise/images, it’s normal, but of course international fans might feel it’s unfair to not have the chance to see special stuff ^ ^
