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Copyright Technology refers to various technologies and services that protect the rights of copyright owners and promote fair use of copyrighted works. They can be largely categorized into copyright protection technology and copyright use promotion technology. The former can then be further divided into infringement monitoring technology and infringement prevention technology while the latter into copyright management technology and copyright distribution technology.

Scope and concept of copyright technology
Nowadays, copyrighted works are more readily available for use through different channels, distribution platforms are diversifying and the use of social media is becoming prevalent in everyday life. As a result, new forms of illegal copying are emerging, leading to greater importance of not just measures to stop offline piracy but also development of technologies to prevent online piracy and distribution, as well as those to support legitimate distribution. There are now more and more connected devices – smart phones, tablets, web TVs, hybrid STBs and the like – being used to provide new types of services and to enable simultaneous access to various contents, and all of this, in turn, is leading to greater concern around possible copyright infringement.

Thus, device manufacturers and service providers face the need to develop copyright technology to support new patterns of content use and multiple business models. Developing protection technology for ultra-realistic copyrighted works, such as 3D, VR, AR and holograms has also become important, due to expectations that, with the roll-out of 5G technology, next generation devices that provide ultra-high definition and ultra-immersive experience, 3D printers, head mount displays (HMD) and other devices that deliver life-like experience will become more prevalent. With such dramatic shift in copyright environment, applying core innovative service technologies, which prevent illegal use of works in an increasingly smarter environment and instead promote fair use, to copyright industries has become the very objective of developing copyright technology.

Categorization of copyright technology
Copyright technology is categorized based on the Korea Copyright Act and after relevant stakeholders have been consulted. Major categories are copyright protection technology, copyright use promotion technology and software copyright technology. These technologies are then further divided into sub-categories depending on the lifecycle of relevant works and type of infringement.