Guide to Copyright Registration for Generative AI-Assisted Works
생성형 인공지능 활용 저작물의 저작권 등록 안내서
rights policy item·government guidance·active
Registration guide distinguishing AI output from AI-assisted work and limiting registration to identifiable human creative contribution.
Recorded facts
| Official site | https://www.copyright.or.kr/information-materials/publication/research-report/view.do?brdclasscode=&brdclasscodeList=&brdctsno=54253&etc1=&etc2=&nationcode=&nationcodeList=&pageIndex=3&searchTarget=SUBJECT&searchText=&searchkeyword= ↗ |
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| Geography | South Korea |
| parties | unknown |
| item type | copyright registration guidance |
| confidence | high |
| identifier | 2025 AI-assisted-work registration guide |
| filing date | unknown |
| jurisdiction | South Korea |
| adoption date | unknown |
| effective date | unknown |
| canonical title | Guide to Copyright Registration for Generative AI-Assisted Works |
| confidence basis | Primary official source verified. |
| enforcement date | unknown |
| issuing authority | Korea Copyright Commission |
| primary documents | https://www.copyright.or.kr/information-materials/publication/research-report/view.do?brdclasscode=&brdclasscodeList=&brdctsno=54253&etc1=&etc2=&nationcode=&nationcodeList=&pageIndex=3&searchTarget=SUBJECT&searchText=&searchkeyword=; https://www.copyright.or.kr/information-materials/publication/research-report/view.do?brdclasscode=03&brdclasscodeList=&brdctsno=54851&etc1=&etc2=&nationcode=&nationcodeList=&pageIndex=2&searchTarget=SUBJECT&searchText=&searchkeyword= |
| unresolved questions | No quantitative threshold for sufficient human creativity; application remains fact-specific. |
| affected entity types | AI-assisted musical works; copyright applicants; registration examiners |
| documented interpretations | unknown |
| affected professional workflows | creation logging; authorship documentation; registration filing; human-contribution review |
| current procedural legal status | Current nonbinding administrative guide. |
| amendments appeals superseding items | unknown |
| obligations permissions restrictions | Requires applicants to identify and substantiate human-created expression; creative selection, arrangement, or modification may qualify, while prompting alone or autonomous AI expression does not. |
History
| published (by) | Korea Copyright Commission 2025-06-30 — nowUnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
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| operationalizes registration of | Guide on Generative AI and CopyrightUnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED high confidence |
| commissioned or reviewed (by) | 2025 AI-Copyright System Improvement CouncilUnverifiedSource 1 ↗ VERIFIED medium confidence |
Sources & changes
Checked 10d ago · highhow verification works
Field-level evidence
Public change history
- Status unknown → active
- Official URL unknown → www.copyright.or.kr/information-materials/publication/research-report/view.do?brdclasscode=&brdclasscodeList=&brdctsno=54253&etc1=&etc2=&nationcode=&nationcodeList=&pageIndex=3&searchTarget=SUBJECT&searchText=&searchkeyword=
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