• THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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• v.17
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• pp.227-250
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• 2002

This paper is to explore the direction of international software protection laws, either copyright or patent right, by examining the current situations in the United States, European countries, Asia including Korea and the WTO/TRIPs Agreement. According to the comparative legal systems, each court and office gives both copyrightability and patentability of software by a stronger and appropriate intellectual property protection system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.353-354
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• 2019

누드사진에 대한 저작물성을 판단하였던 대법원 1990. 10. 23. 선고 90다카8845 판결에서 소위 '음란물'을 저작물로서 인정하여 저작권법상에서 보호하기 시작하였다. 최근에는 일명 "음란물 등 헤비업로더 사건(대법원 2015. 6. 11. 선고 2011도10872 판결)"을 통해 음란물의 저작물성을 다시 한 번 인정하였고 이후 일본 AV제작사의 저작권 침해금지 가처분신청에서도 저작물성을 인정하였다. 하지만, 여전히 음란물의 저작물성 인정 여부에 대해서 사회적으로 논란이 있고 정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률에 의해 음란물 유통에 대한 형사처벌 조항이 있어서, 음란물 보호에 대해서 저작권법과 정보통신망 이용촉진 및 정보보호 등에 관한 법률이 충돌하는 양상이다. 본 글에서는 우리나라의 판례와 미국의 판례 등을 검토하여 현재 상황 속에서 음란물의 저작물성을 인정하는 것이 적절한지에 대해서 연구하려고 한다.

• Journal of Software Assessment and Valuation
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.17-24
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• 2019

Use without permission of font files is a social problem. In the meantime, our court recognized font files as computer programs. Is the font file a computer program? This recognition arises from the inability to distinguish between computer programs and data. Expert recognition, on the other hand, does not recognize font files as computer programs. In this regard, there was a case in 2014 that INI files were not computer programs, but only data files. So, the attitude of the Supreme Court in 2001 only makes it difficult to distinguish between computer programs and data. The Supreme Court's decision needs to be changed. In addition, a new legal system should be in place to protect font files.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.7
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• pp.93-105
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• 2015

Upon ruling that two photographs of "Solsum(located in Samchuk city)" are not substantially similar, issues on the level of protection for the copyrighted photographs expecially on landscape, which appearance could be similar whoever takes, were raised. Accordingly, this study summarizes and suggests the standards of expression differentiating from idea on photographic works. The results are as such. Elements of expression on photographs are positioning of subject, framing, selection of camera angle, control of light's direction and quantity, length of exposure, speed of shutter, timing or posing of the shutter. kinds of emulsion, methods of development, and any other methods of creative and characteristic photography. On the other hand, elements of ideas of photographic works are theme, concept, feeling, appearance of objects, time or season of taking a picture, vantage point, choice of horizontal or vertical angle, etc. As a result, this study reconfirms that copyright law entitles photographers to copyright as to their minimal degree of creativity, not as to their sweat of brows.