Diagnosing Content and Copyright Technologies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Ministry of Culture Hosts 'International Copyright Technology Conference' Today
Discussion on AI, Content, and Copyright Technology Integration

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Copyright Commission, and the Korea Copyright Protection Agency will hold the 'International Copyright Technology Conference' on the 1st at the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul. The conference will discuss from various perspectives how artificial intelligence, digital content, and copyright technology converge in the copyright ecosystem. Professor Jaeseung Jeong of KAIST's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences will deliver the keynote speech titled "Reflecting on Copyright and Human Rights in the Post-AI Era," and Toopy Saliba, Chair of the Global AI Standards Committee, and Ben Sheffner, Vice President of the Motion Picture Association, will present on "Copyright of AI-Generated Works" and "Trends and Issues in AI and Copyright in the Film Industry," respectively.

The sessions will be divided into "Limits and Challenges of Copyright Technology" and "Evolution of the Digital Content Industry." The former will examine how copyright technology for management, distribution, and protection responds to generative AI and copyright issues. Presenters include Professor Myungjoo Kim of Seoul Women's University’s Department of Information Security, Professor Matthew Sagg of Emory University, Researcher Donghyuk Lim of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, and Google engineer Inhwan Yoo, who will discuss ethical issues of AI, copyright problems in areas such as image generation, and AI-based watermarking technology.

The latter will discuss the present and future of the digital content industry combined with generative AI. Speakers such as Visiting Professor Hyunsil Ahn of Seoul National University Graduate School of Engineering, CEO Segyu Kim of VIV Studios, Professor Jinhyung Lee of Stanford University, and Director Ruby Wang of Emotech will provide an overview of the evolving digital content industry and present on future content production environments based on generative AI, brain digital replicas (digital twins), and generative AI avatars.

Im Seonghwan, Director of the Copyright Bureau at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, stated, "Copyright is a key issue related to generative AI," and introduced that "AI will be approached and discussed from the perspectives of copyright technology and future digital content." He added, "We will establish policies and norms to harmonize the protection and use of super-large AI and copyright." For more details, please refer to the websites of the Korea Copyright Commission and others.

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