'멜론 중도해지 미공지' 카카오 파기환송심 승소…法 "과징금 취소"

Kakao's penalty for deceptively hiding Melon's subscription cancellation feature was overturned by appeals court, which ruled that company restructuring cannot justify regulatory fines. This precedent exposes a critical enforcement gap: when corporations restructure after violations, regulators struggle to impose meaningful penalties under existing e-commerce consumer protection laws.