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Copyright Act — Article 101 (Rights of producers of cinematographic works)

저작권법 제101조

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) Rights necessary for the exploitation of a cinematographic work to be transferred by a person, who agreed to cooperate in the production of a cinematographic work, to a producer of a cinematographic work shall be the right to exploit the cinematographic work by means of reproduction, distribution, public presentation, broadcasting, interactive transmission, and others, and the said producer may transfer the rights, or establish the pledge thereon.

(2) The right to be transferred from a performer to a producer of a cinematographic work shall be the right to reproduce, distribute, broadcast or interactive transmit the said cinematographic work, and it may be interactively transferred or a pledge may be established thereon.

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