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.

South Korea has issued a guide outlining standards for assessing fair use under copyright law for generative AI training on copyrighted works. The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced the guide at a meeting in Seoul. It explains four factors for judging fair use and says commercial use or web-crawling training is not automatically excluded. The government also plans stronger policy support, expanded public-works licensing categories and new consultation and dispute-mediation channels.