Guide to Copyright Registration for Generative AI-Assisted Works

생성형 인공지능 활용 저작물의 저작권 등록 안내서

rights policy item·government guidance·active

Registration guide distinguishing AI output from AI-assisted work and limiting registration to identifiable human creative contribution.

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Official site	https://www.copyright.or.kr/information-materials/publication/research-report/view.do?brdclasscode=&brdclasscodeList=&brdctsno=54253&etc1=&etc2=&nationcode=&nationcodeList=&pageIndex=3&searchTarget=SUBJECT&searchText=&searchkeyword= ↗
Geography	South Korea
parties	unknown
item type	copyright registration guidance
confidence	high
identifier	2025 AI-assisted-work registration guide
filing date	unknown
jurisdiction	South Korea
adoption date	unknown
effective date	unknown
canonical title	Guide to Copyright Registration for Generative AI-Assisted Works
confidence basis	Primary official source verified.
enforcement date	unknown
issuing authority	Korea Copyright Commission
primary documents	https://www.copyright.or.kr/information-materials/publication/research-report/view.do?brdclasscode=&brdclasscodeList=&brdctsno=54253&etc1=&etc2=&nationcode=&nationcodeList=&pageIndex=3&searchTarget=SUBJECT&searchText=&searchkeyword=; https://www.copyright.or.kr/information-materials/publication/research-report/view.do?brdclasscode=03&brdclasscodeList=&brdctsno=54851&etc1=&etc2=&nationcode=&nationcodeList=&pageIndex=2&searchTarget=SUBJECT&searchText=&searchkeyword=
unresolved questions	No quantitative threshold for sufficient human creativity; application remains fact-specific.
affected entity types	AI-assisted musical works; copyright applicants; registration examiners
documented interpretations	unknown
affected professional workflows	creation logging; authorship documentation; registration filing; human-contribution review
current procedural legal status	Current nonbinding administrative guide.
amendments appeals superseding items	unknown
obligations permissions restrictions	Requires applicants to identify and substantiate human-created expression; creative selection, arrangement, or modification may qualify, while prompting alone or autonomous AI expression does not.