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Copyright Act — Article 101-5 (Reproduction for storage by legitimate users)

저작권법 제101조의5

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) Any person who possesses and uses a copy of program with legitimate authority may reproduce the relevant copy to the extent necessary to provide against destruction, damage or deterioration or such of the copy.

(2) When any person who possesses or uses a copy of program has lost the right to possess and use a copy of the relevant program, he or she shall destroy the copy made pursuant to paragraph (1) unless the holder of author's economic rights of the program specially expresses his or her intention; provided, where he or she has lost the right to possess and use a copy of program because the relevant copy of program has been destroyed, the same shall not apply. <Amended on Aug. 8, 2023>[This Article Added on Apr. 22, 2009]

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