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Copyright Act — Article 93 (Rights of database producers)

저작권법 제93조

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) Database producers shall hold the rights to reproduce, distribute, broadcast, or interactively transmit (hereafter in this Article referred to as the "reproduction, etc.") the whole or considerable parts of relevant database.

(2) Individual materials of the database shall not be considered as the considerable parts of the relevant database under paragraph (1); provided, even for the reproductions, etc. of individual materials of database or of the portions falling short of their considerable parts, if the said reproductions conflict with the normal exploitation of the relevant database, or infringe unduly on the interests of database producers, by making them repeatedly or systematically for specific purposes, they shall be considered as the reproductions, etc. of the considerable parts of the relevant database. <Amended on May 18, 2021; Aug. 8, 2023>

(3) Protections under this Chapter shall not affect the copyright of materials forming constituent parts of the database, and other rights protected under this Act.

(4) Protections under this Chapter shall not extend to the materials themselves forming constituent parts of the database.

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