South Korean Copyright Office Issues AI Guidance

In June 2025, South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Copyright Commission released two guides related to the intersection of artificial intelligence ("AI") and copyright law. These guides, the "Generative AI Works Copyright Registration Guide" and the "Copyright Dispute Prevention Guide for Generative AI Results," cover, respectively, the copyright registration of works which are created with generative AI as well as how to avoid copyright disputes that may arise through the use of generative AI.

Generative AI Works Copyright Registration Guide

Introduction and Purpose
This guide establishes comprehensive standards and procedures for the copyright registration of works created using generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") in Korea. It addresses the growing challenge of distinguishing between works created solely by humans, those that utilize GAI with human creative input, and pure GAI outputs, as generative AI technology becomes