Republic of Korea: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's assessment of fair use doctrine application to generative AI model training
Progress
Current status
concluded
18 May 2026 concluded
Scope
Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Copyright protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued guide to fair use under copyright law for training generative AI on copyrighted works
On 18 May 2026, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Copyright Commission published a guide clarifying the application of the fair use doctrine to generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) model training under the Copyright Act. The g…
Event type
inquiry
Action type
closure
Government branch
executive
Government body
central government