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A Longitudinal Study on the Changes to Copyright Policies for Korean KCI Journals (국내 학술지 저작권 정책 변화 의미 분석)

  • Joung, Kyoung Hee;Kim, Gyuhwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.159-180
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    • 2017
  • This study analyzed changes to copyright policies in KCI journals comparatively using the previous 2 research results published in 2008 and 2016 and then gave insight into the meaning of the changes. The results of the study are as follows: Journals making the subject of copyright public had increased from 34% in 2008 to 67% in 2016. Journals transferring copyright from authors remained almost the same, with only a slight increase from 90% to 91% in the same period. Journals using the term 'publication rights' instead of 'copyright' had decreased; on the other hand, journals using the term 'reproduction right' and 'right of transmission' had increased. Use of copyright transfer agreement had increased from 25% to 50%; on the other hand, self archiving policy remained almost the same, decreasing slightly from 13% to 12%. This study argues that these changes mean the establishment of copyright industrialization for Korean journals and that the publishing bodies appear to be the most powerful main agent among stakeholders participating in scholarly publishing in this process.

A Study on Protecting Copyrights of North Korean Works and on Developing Their Use under the Limitations on Exclusive Rights by Libraries in South Korea (도서관 면책 규정에 따른 북한저작물 보호와 이용 활성화 방안)

  • Jeong, Bun-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.163-194
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study is to find out the ways of protecting copyrights of North Korean works focusing on the limitations on exclusive rights in the South Korean libraries. This study deals with the articles of the copyright laws which are rotated with using materials in libraries both North and South Korea. It also covers related provisions of Borne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works. The past study on the copyright protection has mostly focused on how we protect the copyright of publications and works which are published for profit. This study proposes some solutions from the legal institutional aspects, policy and socio-cultural aspects in order to protect the copyright of North Korean works and improve their use under the limitations on exclusive rights by libraries.

A Study on Factors Affecting the Usage of the Digital Copyright Exchange in Knowledge Service Convergence Era (지식서비스 융합시대 디지털저작권거래소 이용의도에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Jung-Jae;Han, Kyeong-Seok
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.10 no.6
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    • pp.153-158
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    • 2012
  • Digital contents market has been drastically increasing under Clouding Computing and Smart Phone environment. The Contents industry is going to be more essential portion than manufacture or service industry in the near future. One good example of high value-added contents is the Harry Potter series which exceeds 10 years' net profit of Hundai automobile company. This one example shows us very well that digital contents market as a core-engine for culture industry development is economically influential and attractive as well. This study focuses on activation of Digital Copyright Exchange in knowledge service convergence era. First, it examines other services like stock exchange, electronic documents and authentication certificate etc. which are similar to DCE service. Then it analyzes what factors make copyright industry have interested in the DCE the through technology acceptance model. Based on the results of the analysis, finally, this study evaluates how the DCE contributes to copyright industry overall including fair utilization of works.

A Study on the Application of Copyright for Digital Maps in Korea (우리나라 수치지도의 저작권 적용방안에 관한 연구)

  • Heo, Min;Seo, Chang-Wan;Yoon, Ha-Su;Park, Hong-Gi;Choi, Yun-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.25 no.6_2
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    • pp.653-663
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    • 2007
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest concrete approaches of copyright application among various map price policies to establish the system of a digital map market, to revitalize its market, and to give the public better map services. To do this, we analyzed copyright law in Korea and the copyright protection of digital map in foreign countries firstly, investigated the applicability of copyright to the map market in Korea, analyzed the effect on this market, and suggested an direction of the revision for the Surveying law and the National Geographic Information (NGlS) law lastly. We drew several conclusions. Firstly, the protection of the rights of database makers is the best approach to protect digital maps in korea. Secondly, we need to adopt copyright to the Surveying law and the National Geographic Information Systems (NGlS) law. Lastly, establishing a copyright trust organization to improve the quality of digital maps and to manage various affairs is needed.

A Study on Library Exemption for the Cooperative Utilization of Digital Information by Digital Republication and Transmission between Library and Library (도서관간 복제·전송에 의한 디지털 정보의 공동이용을 위한 도서관 면책 연구)

  • Hong, Jae-Hyun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.93-119
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    • 2004
  • To promote the production of information and knowledge in information user and to raise national competitiveness in digital network environment, the cooperative utilization of digital information by digital republication and transmission between library and library is indispensable. The policy for cooperative utilization of digital information by digital republication and transmission between library and library is influenced by the regulation of library exemption in copyright law. First of all, this study analyzes limitations and exceptions of copyright in international norm (Berne Convention. Agreement on TRIPs and WCT), Copyright Law of the United States of America and EU Directive. And then this study analyzes and examines the regulation of library exemption in the revised Copyright Act of Korea in 2003, library remuneration system, technical measures for protection of copyright, etc. Also this paper points out related problems. As a results of the legal analysis. this study suggests necessary measures and the corresponding plans to the revised Copyright Act of Korea in 2003 to promote the cooperative utilization of digital information by digital republication and transmission between library and library

A study on the Shrinkwrap License Contracts on Computer - Information Transaction in USA (컴퓨터정보거래에서 쉬링크랩라이센스 계약에 관한 고찰 -미국의 경우를 중심으로-)

  • Song, Keyong-Seog
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.93-112
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    • 2004
  • A license under UCITA(Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act) which represents the first comprehensive uniform computer information licensing law is not fundamentally rooted in intellectual property law such as patent or copyright law. A license under UCITA is simply a commercial contract, dependent wholly on the parties' ability to enter into a normal, commercial contract, just as a contract of sale or lease is simply and wholly a commercial contract. However, intellectual property rights may be licensed in a contract subject to UCITA. UCITA may not be used to vary or extend informational rights that are intellectual property rights, and expressly recognizes preemption by copyright, patent, or other federal intellectual property law in Section 105(b). Like the law of sales and leases, in general, the right to contract is constrained by principles of unconscionability, good faith and fair dealing, UCITA has an additional restraint, an express power for a court to deny enforcement of a provision in a licensing contract that violates fundamental public policy. This public policy defense is unique in UCITA. An essential purpose of this defense is to give courts some latitude in reconciling commercial licensing law with the principles of intellectual property law. Most intellectual property law is federal, and UCITA expressly recognizes the preemptive effect of that federal law. But the public policy defense gives courts an additional power to consider intellectual property principles purely within the context commercial law.

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A Case Study on developing a Software Asset Management Inspection Tool Using Software Rights Management Information (소프트웨어 권리관리 정보를 활용한 소프트웨어 자산관리 점검용 Tool 개발 사례)

  • Cha, Tea-Won;Bahng, Hyo-Keun;Ahn, Jae-Kyoung
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.419-422
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    • 2008
  • 국제적인 규제와 정부차원의 지원과 관리가 이뤄지고 있음에도 불구하고 기관 등에서는 여전히 소프트웨어자산에 대한 인식과 관리 소홀의 문제점을 안고 있다. 이는 관리해야 할 소프트웨어자산 범위의 모호함과 소프트웨어의 특성상 복사 및 설치가 쉽고 눈에 보이지 않아 관리 자체가 어렵기 때문이다. 즉 기업내 소프트웨어관리자는 구매부터 조달, 배포, 유지, 처분까지의 전체적인 소프트웨어 라이프사이클의 각 단계별로 수시로 변화되는 정보를 정확히 일치시키기가 쉽지 않다는 문제점이 있다. 따라서 이를 해결하기 위해서는 점검용 시스템 개발이 필요하며 점검용 시스템 성능향상을 위해 소프트웨어의 권리관리 정보의 표준화 및 레지스트리 정보 활용이 필요하다.

A Study on the Meaning of 'the Improvement and Development of Culture' under Article 1 of the Korea Copyright Act (저작권법 제1조상 '문화의 향상발전'의 의미에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Byoung-Kyu
    • Journal of Legislation Research
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    • no.44
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    • pp.539-569
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    • 2013
  • Article 1 of the Korea Copyright Act stipulates that the purpose of this Act is to protect the rights of authors and the rights neighboring on them and to promote fair use of works in order to contribute to the improvement and development of culture. Hence, the improvement and development of culture is the final goal of the Copyright Act and should be the essential standard of the interpretation and application of the law. However, most of Korean copyright scholars do not explain the meaning of it and they even assume that protection of the copyright and promotion of fair use themselves are deemed as it. The meaning of the improvement and development of culture should be derived from the Constitution and there is a principle of the nation of culture as one of the basic constitutional principles. Pursuant to the principle of the nation of culture, the improvement and development of culture means maximization of the right of enjoyment from culture by the building of the ecology for the sustainable production and consumption of the works. This should be not only the legislative purpose of the Copyright Act but also the goal of culture policy.

Protecting Game Developers Under the Works-for-hire Clause of Copyright Law (게임개발자 창작 권리보호 방안에 관한 소고 -저작권법의 업무상저작물제도를 중심으로)

  • Choi, Ji-Sun
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.73-91
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    • 2011
  • This paper investigates the possibilities of protecting game developers under the work-for-hire provision of copyright law. Fundamentally, the work-for-hire clause provides the authorship status to companies, not to game developers. Some argue that the clause is especially appropriate in software industries including game industries because they are new and different from typical types of copyright industries. However, game industries are different from software industries as well as typical types of copyright industries in that they have both cultural (artistic) as well as industrial characteristics. Game developers not being provided with the authorship status may be one of the reasons for the disputes related to turnover and knowledge leakage. This paper mainly suggests three kinds of solutions: first, protecting the moral right even in the work-for-hire provision; second, protecting game developers as coauthorship; and third, providing monetary compensation as it is in employee invention.

A Study on the Extended Fair Use of Copyrighted Digital Contents (디지털 콘텐츠 저작물의 공정이용 확대에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Seong-Mook
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.217-222
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    • 2020
  • The concept and discussion of copyright should reflect changes in using environments of digital properties and developments of technology. Further discussions are required about protection, transfer and usage of copyright for user created contents or digital activities. Digital archives should clarify the ranges of permitted usage or guides to quotation. One should not be biased toward regulating digital copying, but consider the value of diverse transformation of digital properties. This will trigger tension between private and public usage, or sharing of digital fabrications, which leads to the necessity of discussions on policy level. The interpretation of copyright is limited to protecting the copyright owner's right, but it should be suggested to widen the range to permitting fair use. The extended fair use of digital contents and by clarifying specific rules will activate creation and distribution of digital contents and contribute to more productive usage of innovation.