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Copyright Act — Article 54 (Registration and effect of changes in rights)

저작권법 제54조

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.

The following may be registered, and shall not bind third parties without their registration: <Amended on Dec. 2, 2011; Aug. 8, 2023>

1. Transfer by assignment of author's economic rights (excluding that by inheritance or other successions in general), or limitation on the disposal of author's economic rights;

2. Establishment, transfer, alteration, extinction or limitation on the disposal of the exclusive right of publication under Article 57 or the right of publication under Article 63;

3. Establishment, transfer, alteration, or expiry, or the limitation on the disposal of the right of pledge on author’s economic rights, exclusive rights of publication pursuant to Article 57, and publication rights pursuant to Article 63.

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