The government has advanced the enforcement of the public transmission compensation system for class purposes, which was decided to be established by the revision of the copyright law in 2018, and the Cabinet decided to start it from April 2020, 4.With the enforcement, when using a copyrighted work in an online distance lesson at a university or the like, it is not necessary to obtain individual permission, and the copyrighted work can be used smoothly.
According to the Agency for Cultural Affairs, the public transmission compensation system for class purposes is a system in which the school's founder pays compensation in a lump sum to a designated management organization consisting of rights holder groups in each field.Class purpose of designated management organization Public transmission compensation, etc. It will be enforced after application for approval of compensation amount from the Agency for Cultural Affairs to the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, deliberation by the Council for Cultural Affairs, and approval by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs.
It has been decided by the Association for Management of Public Transmission Compensation for Class Purposes that the compensation amount will be free of charge only in 2020, but it will be charged after 2021.After discussing the operational guidelines at the forums related to the educational use of copyright, the Association for Management of Public Transmission Compensation for Class Purposes is preparing to apply for approval for a fee.
Due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the number of universities switching from face-to-face lessons to distance lessons is increasing, but in order to use copyrighted texts in distance lessons, it is necessary to obtain the permission of the author each time.Since this would make the procedure complicated and it would not be possible to proceed with distance learning smoothly, there were calls among universities for the early implementation of the public transmission compensation system for class purposes.
