'Where Anyone Becomes a Creator' Copyright Museum Opens in Jinju

Providing Creative Experience Activities Using Digital Technology
Priority Access for Nearby School Classes and Groups

A space for learning copyright easily and enjoyably is opening in Jinju Innovation City. It is the Copyright Museum, inaugurated on the 22nd by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Copyright Commission. It aims to emphasize the importance of copyright by providing youth with creative experience activities using digital technology.

The educational space is divided into the first and second floors. The former consists of copyright material exhibitions and copyright experience zones by field (literature, music, choreography, video, photography, art, design, architecture, theater, etc.). In particular, in the choreography experience room, visitors can enjoy various activities using music tracks and 3D character videos donated by singer Lee Young-ji, YG Entertainment, 1MILLION, and Harmonize.

A space is also provided where youth can create works using cameras, blue screens for compositing, and creative/editing kiosk tables. They can check their creations on a 350-inch large screen, fostering the mindset of both creators and users simultaneously. The latter floor operates various educational and cultural programs, including exhibition-linked education, digital creative education, and art-based creative education. A Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism official introduced, "Anyone can become a creator and enjoy the joy of creation."

The exhibits are also impressive. It introduces 415 copyright materials with historical and archival value. These include Yu Gil-jun’s "Seoyugyeonmun (1895)," the first mention of copyright in Korea; the "Vulgate Bible facsimile (1961)" printed using Gutenberg’s printing technology; a 5-tube vacuum tube radio and speaker used to broadcast with call signs at Gyeongseong Broadcasting Station (1927?1947), Korea’s first broadcasting station; and singer Lee Mi-ja’s "Dongbaek Agassi" LP record released in 1964. The museum will first open to nearby school classes and groups and will be open to the public starting next year.

At the opening ceremony, Minister Yoo In-chon of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said, "We now live in an era of one-person media where anyone can become a creator," adding, "I expect the Copyright Museum to be a magical space that satisfies youths’ intellectual curiosity about copyright and leads them to become future K-content creators." He also pledged, "We will meticulously establish copyright laws and related systems to ensure creators’ rights are strongly protected."

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