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Copyright Act — Article 101-2 (Objects of protection)

저작권법 제101조의2

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.

This Act shall not apply to the following subparagraphs used to prepare programs:

1. Programming language: Characters, symbols and their systems as means expressing programs;

2. Protocol: A special agreement on how to use programming language in a specific program;

3. Algorithm: Combination methods of instructions and commands in a program.[This Article Added on Apr. 22, 2009]

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