Regulation, Law & GovernanceMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Korea Copyright Commission

Korean government publishes a generative AI copyright guide

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Generative AI copyright guide published — recommended securing lawful permission to use works in advance wherever possible, even for AI training, and stated that it is unclear whether fair use applies until established case law accumulates

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A government document itself acknowledges that Korea has no TDM exemption like Article 30-4 of Japan's Copyright Act. The document that defines the asymmetry between Korean and Japanese law on training data

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Officialgrant-documents.thevc.krhttps://grant-documents.thevc.kr/254561_03_%EC%83%9D%EC%84%B1%ED%98%95AI+%EC%A0%80%EC%9E%91%EA%B6%8C+%EC%95%88%EB%82%B4%EC%84%9C_%EB%AC%B8%EC%B2%B4%EB%B6%80,%ED%95%9C%EA%B5%AD%EC%A0%80%EC%9E%91%EA%B6%8C%EC%9C%84%EC%9B%90%ED%9A%8C.pdf

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