South Korea Music Industry Forms AI Coalition

After KOMCA president Lee Si-ha took office, South Korea’s six major music rights organizations formed the K-Music Rights Organization Mutual Growth Committee and issued a joint declaration protecting 'human creation.' The group demands bans on unauthorized AI training, creation transparency, and new AI-era standards, and plans a blockchain-based ledger linking ISWC, ISRC, YouTube Content ID and UCI to enable real-time royalty tracking.
Key Points
- 1Form coalition of six rights organizations to coordinate legal and technical AI response nationwide.
- 2Declare prohibition of unauthorized AI training, demand creation transparency, and set new copyright standards.
- 3Build blockchain-based unified rights infrastructure linking ISWC, ISRC, Content ID, and UCI for real-time royalties.
Scoring Rationale
Strong official coalition and concrete technical-policy plans, but impact currently national and implementation details remain uncertain.
Sources
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