Korean Law in English
Laws › Copyright Act › CHAPTER XI PENALTY PROVISIONS

Copyright Act — Article 137 (Penalty provisions)

저작권법 제137조

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) A person who falls under any of the following subparagraphs shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for up to one year or by a fine of up to 10 million won: <Amended on Apr. 22, 2009; Dec. 2, 2011; Feb. 4, 2020>

1. A person who makes a work public under the real name or pseudonym of a person other than the author;

2. A person who publicly performs or publicly transmits a performance, or distributes copies of performance under the real name or pseudonym of a person other than the performer;

3. A person who violates Article 14 (2);3-2. A person who conducts an act falling under subparagraph 3 of Article 104-4;3-3. A person who violates Article 104-6;

4. A person who operates copyright trust service without obtaining permission pursuant to Article 105 (1);

5. A person who commits an act deemed an infringement pursuant to Article 124 (2);

6. A person who obstructs the business of an online service provider by making a demand by intention for the suspension or resumption of a reproduction or interactive transmission under Article 103 (1) or (3), upon knowing that he or she had no legitimate authority;

7. A person who violates Article 55-5 (including cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 90 and 98).

(2) A person who attempts to commit a crime under paragraph (1) 3-3 shall be punished. <Added on Dec. 2, 2011>[Title Amended on Dec. 2, 2011]

‹ Article 136All articlesArticle 138 ›

Korean original (law.go.kr) · Get articles as JSON via API

For AI agents and developers — get this article as JSON, with the English and current Korean effective dates and an outdated-translation flag, from the korea-law API or as an MCP tool: https://mcp.apify.com?tools=kr-data/korea-law