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Status: Translation complete (full document; ongoing maintenance via i18n-sync)
Source: COPYRIGHT_POLICY.md (Korean original)
Last sync: 2026-06-04 (Session 679)
i18n-sync target: W3 legal-i18n-sync-worker (R2 resolution)
Last revised: June 2, 2026 (v2.0)
Alpha Intelligence (the "Company") respects the rights of copyright holders and complies with the Copyright Act (저작권법) and related laws and regulations. This Policy explains the procedures for reporting and handling copyright infringement that may occur within the Service.
The following cases are deemed copyright infringement:
Note (AI training vs. resulting sold works): A fair-use determination regarding the training stage of generative AI (Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism · Korea Copyright Commission, "Guide on Fair Use in the Training of Copyrighted Works by Generative Artificial Intelligence," February 26, 2026 — this is a reference material, not an authoritative legal interpretation) concerns the training activities of AI developers and does not exempt the resulting works sold on this marketplace from liability for infringement. Where an AI-generated work being sold reproduces the expression of a third party and thereby constitutes infringement, the seller bears that responsibility.
When reporting copyright infringement, please be sure to include the following information:
Reporter Information
Infringing Content Information
Original Work Information
Grounds for Infringement
Statement
Copyright infringement reports are received with information conforming to the "Request for Suspension of Reproduction/Transmission" form under Article 103 (Request for Suspension of Reproduction and Transmission) of the Copyright Act (저작권법) and its Enforcement Decree and Enforcement Rules. The report form in §3 above conforms to that request and includes (1) rights-holder information, (2) identification of the infringing material, and (3) materials substantiating (소명, prima facie showing) the right. Reports with insufficient substantiation of the right are processed after a request to supplement.
After a report is received, a receipt confirmation email is sent within 1 business day.
Where a lawful suspension request is received that meets the substantiation requirements of §3 (rights-holder information · identification of the infringing material · materials substantiating the right), the Company, without making a substantive determination as to whether infringement has occurred, immediately suspends (temporary measure) the reproduction/transmission of the relevant content pursuant to Article 103, Paragraph 2 of the Copyright Act (저작권법). Here, "review" is a procedure that confirms whether the report formally meets the substantiation requirements; it is not a substantive determination of infringement.
Where reproduction/transmission has been suspended, the Company notifies the reporter (the party asserting the right) and the relevant seller (the party reproducing/transmitting) of that fact within 3 days from the date of suspension (the period prescribed by the Enforcement Decree; the current Enforcement Decree standard is to be finally confirmed at the time of operation), in accordance with the Enforcement Decree of the Copyright Act (저작권법).
The Company does not itself adjudicate whether infringement has occurred, but follows the resumption procedure under Article 103, Paragraph 3 of the Copyright Act (저작권법).
The Company notifies both the reporter and the seller of the result of measures such as resumption, maintenance, or deletion, and where content has been deleted or had its sale suspended due to infringement, the Company processes refunds for the relevant buyers.
The following measures are taken against sellers who repeatedly infringe copyrights:
| Number of Infringements | Measure |
|---|---|
| 1st | Warning and deletion of the relevant product |
| 2nd | Warning and a 30-day restriction on registering new products |
| 3rd | Warning and a 90-day restriction on registering new products |
| 4th or more | Permanent account suspension |
※ In the case of intentional and malicious infringement, immediate account suspension and legal action may proceed.
※ Pursuant to the 2026 amended Copyright Act (저작권법), where copyright (economic rights) is intentionally infringed, punitive damages of up to five times the recognized amount of damages may be imposed (for infringements occurring on or after the enforcement date of August 11, 2026), and the infringer may be subject to criminal punishment of imprisonment of up to 7 years or a fine of up to KRW 100 million (effective August 11, 2026). In addition, infringing sites/links may be subject to emergency access blocking (effective May 11, 2026).
In order to satisfy the requirements for limitation of liability under Article 102 (Limitation of Liability of Online Service Providers) of the Copyright Act (저작권법), the Company adopts and reasonably implements a policy of terminating the accounts of sellers who repeatedly infringe copyrights and other rights. The cumulative-measure criteria in the table above constitute the specific implementation policy, and accounts are permanently terminated upon the 4th or subsequent infringement.
However, in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations, the Company does not bear a general obligation to constantly monitor or actively investigate infringing activities within its Service, and responds through the reporting and substantiation procedures under this Policy.
Where a seller determines that a copyright infringement report is erroneous, the seller may file an objection, including the following information:
False or malicious copyright infringement reports may result in legal liability.
Pursuant to the AI Framework Act (Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of a Basis for Trust / 인공지능 기본법), AI-generated content must clearly disclose that fact.
Key precedent: In Thaler v. Perlmutter (2023) and subsequent rulings, U.S. federal courts refused to register copyright in works autonomously generated by AI without human creative contribution. Similar legal reasoning is highly likely to apply in Korea as well.
Notice to buyers: When purchasing AI-generated content, the scope of copyright protection for such content may differ from that of human-created works. Please be sure to check the AI usage type (NONE / AI_ASSISTED / MOSTLY_AI / FULLY_AI) on the product detail page.
The Company provides guidance on the scope of copyright protection for AI-generated works based on the following authoritative materials.
According to the above materials, copyright protection is recognized only for the portions to which a human has made a creative contribution, and prompt input alone is generally not recognized as a creative contribution (authorship) in the resulting work. Only where a human uses their own copyrighted work as input, substantially and creatively modifies/edits/adds to the AI output, or creatively selects/arranges/composes the AI output may that human-contributed portion be protected.
If copyright registration is desired, in the registration procedure under the above Korea Copyright Commission guide, you must disclose the AI tools used and the extent of human involvement and submit both the pre-edit and post-edit versions. (Copyright registration in Korea has declaratory rather than constitutive effect, and protection arises from the time of creation.)
Notice to buyers: For the AI-generated portions of a purchased product, the buyer may not acquire exclusive copyright. When registering a product, the seller has an obligation to disclose the AI tools used and the extent of the human creative contribution.
The following cases are handled as AI-related false reports:
If you discover false labeling of AI usage information:
| Violation | 1st | 2nd | 3rd or more |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failure to disclose AI usage information | Warning + request to correct | Product unpublished + 30-day registration restriction | Account suspension |
| False labeling of AI information | Product deletion + warning | 90-day registration restriction | Permanent account suspension |
| Failure to disclose deepfakes | Immediate product deletion | Account suspension | Permanent account suspension + report |
| Tampering with AI labels | Immediate account suspension | Permanent account suspension | Legal action |
Article 31 of the Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of a Basis for Trust (AI Framework Act / 인공지능 기본법, effective January 22, 2026) prescribes labeling obligations for the output of generative AI.
The Company's product AI usage labels (NONE / AI_ASSISTED / MOSTLY_AI / FULLY_AI) correspond to the "labeling of the fact of AI generation" requirement of the above Act. Because the Act requires the labeling of the fact of generative AI involvement itself, rather than a voluntary four-tier label, products in which generative AI was involved in the creation of the output to any degree (AI_ASSISTED or higher) have an obligation to label that fact. The seller is responsible for selecting the accurate label and applying the labeling to the output when registering a product.
Notice on phased enforcement: A violation of Article 31, Paragraph 2 (output labeling) is not subject to an immediate administrative fine; rather, a corrective order is issued first, and a grace period (계도기간) is operated for approximately one year from the enforcement date (January 22, 2026) (until around January 22, 2027). The Company implements this obligation in line with the above phased enforcement.
In addition to digital products (DIGITAL_PRODUCT), e-books (BOOK), videos (VIDEO_SERIES), and music (MUSIC_ALBUM), the Company facilitates the trading of the following product types.
Seller responsibility: Sellers of all of the above product types warrant that they hold all rights necessary for the product (copyright, trademark rights, licenses, etc.) and that the product does not infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties. In particular, for auto-published games (GAME) and HTML content, the seller bears all responsibility for intellectual property infringement, and where there is an infringement report/substantiation, the Company reserves the right to immediately suspend/delete the relevant content pursuant to Article 103 of the Copyright Act (저작권법).
Where an AI agent, workflow, or MCP server utilizes external models, APIs, data, or code, the seller must comply with the terms of service/licenses of those external components and disclose that fact in the product description.
Open-source license obligations (including attribution notices, attaching the full license text, disclosing source code, etc.) arise at the point of redistribution, and selling, providing, and delivering on the marketplace all constitute redistribution. Accordingly, sellers who sell code or digital products that include open source must comply with the following.
Reference: Open-source software license obligations follow the guidance of the Korea Copyright Commission's Open Source Software License Information (OLIS), and there is a case in which a license violation of GPL software embedded in a commercial product was at issue (Artifex v. Hancom, United States).
Open-source license violations may also be reported through the same reporting and handling procedure.
This Policy is based on the following laws, regulations, public notices, materials, and precedents.
The enforcement-date-specific application of the above amended Copyright Act (access blocking 2026-05-11 / punitive damages and criminal penalties 2026-08-11) and certain article numbers (punitive damages Article 125, Paragraph 4; criminal Article 136, Paragraph 1, etc.) are to be finally confirmed at the time of operation against the current statutory text on the Korea Law Information Center.
If you have any inquiries regarding copyright and AI, please contact us at the email address below.
This Policy (v2.0) takes effect on June 2, 2026. The immediately preceding revision date is April 11, 2026.