{"slug": "korea-moves-to-establish-ground-rules-for-ai-created-music", "title": "Korea moves to establish ground rules for AI-created music", "summary": "South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday it will co-host a forum Tuesday at the National Assembly on copyright and licensing challenges for AI-assisted music, organized with the office of Rep. Kim Jae-won and the K-Music Rights Organizations Coexistence Committee, a coalition of six industry groups including the Korea Music Copyright Association and the Korea Popmusic Industry Association. Organizers billed the event as the first public forum bringing together creators, industry, legal experts and policymakers to discuss how copyright-trust organizations should register, collect fees for and distribute payments involving AI-generated or AI-assisted music.", "body_md": "As generative artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes how music is written and produced, Korea is stepping up efforts to set clear ground rules for the digital era. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday that it will co-host a major forum Tuesday to address emerging copyright and licensing challenges surrounding AI-assisted music. The discussion, set to take place at the National Assembly, is organized with the office of Rep. Kim Jae-won and the K-Music Rights Organizations Coexistence Committee — a coalition of six industry groups, including the Korea Music Copyright Association and the Korea Popmusic Industry Association, that represent songwriters, labels, performers and producers. Organizers billed it as the first public forum bringing together creators, industry, legal experts and policymakers to discuss how copyright-trust organizations — nonprofit bodies that collect and distribute royalties on behalf of rights holders — should register, collect fees for and distribute payments involving AI-generated or AI-assisted music. Under the theme \"The Current State of", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-moves-to-establish-ground-rules-for-ai-created-music", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260921/korea-moves-to-establish-ground-rules-for-ai-created-music?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-09-21 07:17:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-21 07:22:35.357227+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism", "Kim Jae-won", "K-Music Rights Organizations Coexistence Committee", "Korea Music Copyright Association", "Korea Popmusic Industry Association", "National Assembly"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-moves-to-establish-ground-rules-for-ai-created-music", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-moves-to-establish-ground-rules-for-ai-created-music.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-moves-to-establish-ground-rules-for-ai-created-music.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-moves-to-establish-ground-rules-for-ai-created-music.jsonld"}}