South Korea has published a guide outlining how to assess fair use under copyright law when copyrighted works are used to train generative AI, and said it will pursue institutional improvements to support coexistence between the AI and cultural industries. The guide explains four assessment factors and says commercial use or web-crawling methods are not automatically excluded. The government also plans to strengthen rights-information infrastructure, link data systems and expand licensing options for public works.

South Korea has published a guide presenting criteria for judging fair use under copyright law in relation to generative AI training on copyrighted works. The guide explains four assessment factors, and says commercial purposes or web-crawling methods are not automatically excluded and must be judged comprehensively. The government also plans to bolster policy support, expand public works available for AI training and set up an AI-focused consultation, consulting and dispute-mediation channel.