Regulatory Bodies

방송통신위원회

– Name : Korea Communications commission

– Address : KCC 178, Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul 110-777, Korea

– TEL : +82-2-750-1114

– Web Site : http://eng.kcc.go.kr/user/ehpMain.do

한국음악저작권협회

– Name : Korea Music Copyright Association

– Address :649 Woojangsan-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea

– TEL : +82-2-2660-0431

– Web Site : http://www.komca.or.kr/eng/index_eng.jsp

한국저작권위원회

– Name : Korea Copyright Commission

– Address : 5,16F, 107(Dongja-dong) Huam-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, 140-709, Korea

– TEL : +82-2-2669-0055

– Web Site : http://eng.copyright.or.kr/

Legal constraints & Copyright.

Copyright is part of intellectual property law.
And copyright’s important reason is easily go copy other people make product who get creator.
The creator whose job is to create something such as books, songs, photographs has their own copyright.
You cannot copyright an idea. In other word, you can only copyright something if it’s been published, the cost of your own work depends on you the copyright holder as you created the work so you decide the value of your work.
The owner must give permission to anyone before they copy something.
The computer misuse act is if you gain access to a computer without authorisation and steal the data by hacking files, or if you copy a program e.g. Photoshop and put it on program like Nero or Limewire,
you can be prosecuted with a heavy fine or 5 years of imprisonment.
As a designer you are not permitted to download programs of the internet, there are copyright laws on these programs.
Copyrights last for 70 years after the creators death and 50 years for a performer.

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 – The Copyright Act was created to protect the investment of time, money and effort by the people who create new and unique pieces of work.
The Copyright Act has two main purposes:
1. To ensure people are rewarded for their work
2. To

  • give protection
  • to the copyright holder if someone tries to steal their work