Republic of Korea: Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued guide to fair use under copyright law for training generative AI on copyrighted works
Description
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…
Scope
Policy Area
Intellectual property
Policy Instrument
Copyright protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government