(Cube Entertainment)

After boy band Beast ended their contract with Cube Entertainment, they have not been able to use the group name.According to local media reports, the members were so keen to be separated from Cube Entertainment that they forfeited the copyright to their songs and their band name used under the former agency.Beast decided not to renew its contract with Cube Entertainment and established their own independent label, Around US Entertainment, on Dec. 16. Beast rejected Cube Entertainment’s offer to promise the boy band an independent label under the agency, and have been using their real names instead of the group name.By Lee Sang-won (sangdoze@heraldcorp.com)