Copyright Act Article 35-5 (Fair Use of Works)

저작권법 제35조의5(저작물의 공정한 이용)

rights policy item·statute·active

General fair-use clause now central to Korean generative-AI training analysis; Korea has no enacted AI-training-specific text-and-data-mining exception at the snapshot.

Verified facts

Official site	https://law.go.kr/lsLinkCommonInfo.do?chrClsCd=010202&lsJoLnkSeq=1025203559 ↗
Geography	South Korea
article	35-5
law number	Act No. 21336
parties	unknown
item type	statutory fair-use provision
confidence	high
identifier	Copyright Act Article 35-5; Act No. 21336
filing date	unknown
jurisdiction	South Korea
adoption date	unknown
effective date	2026-05-11
canonical title	Copyright Act Article 35-5 (Fair Use of Works)
confidence basis	Primary official source verified.
enforcement date	unknown
issuing authority	National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
primary documents	https://law.go.kr/lsLinkCommonInfo.do?chrClsCd=010202&lsJoLnkSeq=1025203559
unresolved questions	Application to commercial generative-music training is unsettled and fact-specific.
affected entity types	copyrighted music; sound recordings; performances; databases; AI training copies
documented interpretations	unknown
affected professional workflows	training-data legal review; licensing; fair-use assessment; litigation
current procedural legal status	Binding current law.
amendments appeals superseding items	unknown
obligations permissions restrictions	Permits use outside enumerated limitations only when it does not conflict with normal exploitation and does not unreasonably prejudice legitimate interests, assessed through four statutory factors.