(1) The author shall have the right to decide whether or not to make his or her work public.
(2) If the author has transferred by assignment his or her economic right on a work which is not yet made public pursuant to Article 45, authorized its use pursuant to Article 46, or established the exclusive right of publication pursuant to Article 57 or publication rights pursuant to Article 63, he or she shall be presumed to have given the other party his or her consent to make it public. <Amended on Apr. 22, 2009; Dec. 2, 2011>
(3) If the author has transferred by assignment the original of his or her work of art, architectural work or photographic work (hereinafter referred to as "work of art, etc.") which has not been made public, he or she shall be presumed to have given the other party his or her consent to make it public in the manner of exhibition.
(4) If a derivative work or compilation work produced with the consent of the author has been made public, its original shall be also considered to have been made public.
(5) Where the author donates his or her pieces of unpublished work, etc. to libraries, etc. under Article 31, it shall be presumed that he or she consents to making them public at the time of his or her donation unless otherwise expressly stated. <Added on Dec. 2, 2011; Aug. 8, 2023>