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Unlike domestic companies like Naver and Kakao, YouTube and Netflix do not pay internet network fees in Korea. Despite being accused of a free ride, Netflix sued that it could never pay for the use of the net.

Reporter Sunghoon Lee.

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Created by Netflix, the world's No. 1 online video service company, and released last month, this drama is popular not only in Korea but also worldwide.

In particular, the impact of the Corona 19 situation has boosted the domestic Internet users' netflix usage rate (28.6%) to third place after YouTube (93.7%) and Naver (43.1%).

As such, Internet usage is bound to increase dramatically.

However, unlike domestic companies such as Naver and Kakao, overseas content companies including Netflix have been criticized for 'free ride' because they have not paid internet network fees in Korea.

[SK Broadband officials: Netflix-related traffic is increasing tremendously, so I kept trying to find a way, but that didn't make contact.]

However, yesterday (13th) Netflix filed a lawsuit to confirm that the court was not obligated to pay Internet network fees.

It is a claim of 'double billing' that SK Broadband charges network usage fees to content providers while receiving Internet access fees from consumers.

At the request of SK Broadband, the Korea Communications Commission went on arbitration last year, but disagreements were not narrowed.

The results of this lawsuit are expected to have a major impact on disputes with other foreign companies that are refusing to use the network.

(Video Editing: Won-hee Won)