Copyright Act Article 35-5 (Fair Use of Works)
저작권법 제35조의5(저작물의 공정한 이용)
rights policy item·statute·active
General fair-use clause now central to Korean generative-AI training analysis; Korea has no enacted AI-training-specific text-and-data-mining exception at the snapshot.
Recorded facts
| Official site | https://law.go.kr/lsLinkCommonInfo.do?chrClsCd=010202&lsJoLnkSeq=1025203559 ↗ |
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| Geography | South Korea |
| article | 35-5 |
| law number | Act No. 21336 |
| parties | unknown |
| item type | statutory fair-use provision |
| confidence | high |
| identifier | Copyright Act Article 35-5; Act No. 21336 |
| filing date | unknown |
| jurisdiction | South Korea |
| adoption date | unknown |
| effective date | 2026-05-11 |
| canonical title | Copyright Act Article 35-5 (Fair Use of Works) |
| confidence basis | Primary official source verified. |
| enforcement date | unknown |
| issuing authority | National Assembly of the Republic of Korea |
| primary documents | https://law.go.kr/lsLinkCommonInfo.do?chrClsCd=010202&lsJoLnkSeq=1025203559 |
| unresolved questions | Application to commercial generative-music training is unsettled and fact-specific. |
| affected entity types | copyrighted music; sound recordings; performances; databases; AI training copies |
| documented interpretations | unknown |
| affected professional workflows | training-data legal review; licensing; fair-use assessment; litigation |
| current procedural legal status | Binding current law. |
| amendments appeals superseding items | unknown |
| obligations permissions restrictions | Permits use outside enumerated limitations only when it does not conflict with normal exploitation and does not unreasonably prejudice legitimate interests, assessed through four statutory factors. |
History
| interprets (by) | Fair Use Guide for Training Works in Generative AIUnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
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Sources & changes
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Field-level evidence
Public change history
- Status unknown → active
- Official URL unknown → law.go.kr/lsLinkCommonInfo.do?chrClsCd=010202&lsJoLnkSeq=1025203559
- Record maintenance · 12 fields updated
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