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Copyright Act — Article 100 (Rights to cinematographic works)

저작권법 제100조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2025-09-26. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-08-11) — check the Korean original.

(1) Where a producer of a cinematographic work and a person who agreed to cooperate in the production of a cinematographic work have obtained a copyright to the said cinematographic work, the rights necessary for the exploitation of such cinematographic work shall be presumed to have been transferred to the producer of the cinematographic work unless otherwise expressly stipulated. <Amended on Aug. 8, 2023>

(2) The copyright to a novel, play, work of art or musical work used for the production of a cinematographic work shall not be affected by the provision of paragraph (1).

(3) The right to reproduce under Article 69, the right to distribute under Article 70, the right to broadcast under Article 73, and the right to interactively transmit under Article 74 with regard to the use of a cinematographic work of a performer who agreed with the producer of a cinematographic work to cooperate in the production of a cinematographic work shall be presumed to have been transferred to the producer of cinematographic works, unless otherwise expressly stipulated. <Amended on Aug. 8, 2023>

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